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Federation: Take it back

Rob Eshman July 26, 2015

In the hours immediately following the announcement of the Iran nuclear deal, the Jewish community fell victim to a rare and unbecoming phenomenon: groupthink.

Letters to the editor: Israel, preserving Auschwitz, showing love to the elderly and more

Jewish Journal March 26, 2014

Thank you for presenting a fascinating theoretical debate on calling Israel the “Jewish state.”\n

The Bedouin, human rights, and ‘legitimacy’: A final word to Gerald Steinberg

Jewish Journal December 19, 2013

Gerald Steinberg has asked that I respond to the specific charges he levies against human rights organizations, my colleague Rabbi John Rosove, and me regarding our involvement in protecting the rights of some 30-40,000 Bedouin to avoid forced expulsion from their homes.

Rabbi reverses interfaith marriage policy

Julie Gruenbaum Fax September 27, 2012

It’s not often that a rabbi’s High Holy Days sermon is interrupted by a standing ovation. But that is what happened — twice — when Rabbi John Rosove, senior rabbi of Temple Israel of Hollywood, dedicated his sermon on the first day of Rosh Hashanah to explaining why he was changing a long-held position and would from now on officiate at interfaith weddings.

Hearing God

Rabbi John L. Rosove August 7, 2003

Watching the sunrise over Lake Tahoe is one of my great summer pleasures. I usually awake before my family and, in solitude, watch as the contours of the lake begin to take shape in the morning light. The serene stillness of this mountain silence is punctuated later only with the distant sounds of speed boats and water skiers, the mute screams of glee from those sailing beneath billowing parachutes pulled by fiberglass vessels. And if it is quiet enough, I can hear the flapping sounds of sails riding on crafts as they slowly pass me.