rabbi yosef kanefsky Archives

Weekly Table for Five Parsha: Re’eh

Salvador Litvak August 28, 2019

Celebrating Light and Hope in Our Time of Darkness

Esther D. Kustanowitz November 28, 2018

Speaking Truth to Power — Ours

David Suissa September 24, 2018

What If Government Can’t Solve This Problem?

Jewish Journal February 21, 2018

Rabbi Yosef Kanefksy’s Yom Kippur sermon: Luck and Forgiveness

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky October 12, 2017

Jewish law versus Jewish journalism

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky January 27, 2017

The shape of things to come: Jewish L.A. in 30 years

Ryan Torok and Julia R. Moss January 23, 2017

The first surprise came when I typed 2270 S. Harvard Blvd into my phone, and discovered that it\’s only 4.8 miles from my synagogue, Congregation B’nai David Judea, in the Pico Robertson neighborhood.

A giant step for Orthodox women clergy

Esther D. Kustanowitz May 5, 2015

It was more than just the usual wait for the gathering to settle into silence; it was Kanefsky taking a moment before making an important announcement to his congregation that, come August, its clergy would include a new “spiritual leadership” position.