“I am a Jew, part of the Jewish people, and only after that am I an Israeli - Because the State, as I understand it, was created for the entirety of the Jewish people and in their merit. The thing that sustained the Jewish people throughout all of the generations, and brought forth the sha…
Our community is privileged to have one of its own, Rockland born and raised Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, at the nexus of Black and Jewish identity in the US. Rabbi Rothstein is a Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor at the Jewish Federations of North America. He’s also the founder of th…
This week, many in the Jewish community, especially those in the advocacy space, were up in arms over a Superbowl ad created by Robert Kraft’s Blue Square Alliance and its campaign to #EndJewishHate.
I’ve since seen and heard a tremendous amount of comment and criticism of the piece. I…
This week’s Haftarah, from the book of Isaiah’s sixth chapter, has a dialogue between the prophet, the Seraphim (angels) and the Almighty. I am fascinated by the fourth pasuk (sentence) which says “And the doorposts shook from the voice of He who called, and the house (the Temple in Je…
This week many of us took off our yellow ribbons and removed our hostage dog tags. The last of the captives, Sgt-Major Ran Gvili, of blessed memory, who fell defending his community (he fought to the last bullet, with a broken arm!) on October 7th, 2023, was located, and he finally came home…
