I had interesting conversations recently with leaders of two progressive, pro-Israel organizations in the wake of the renewed terror attacks in Israel.
For ten summers I studied at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem (SHI). I gathered with rabbis from around North America representing the diversity of the Jewish People: Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox leaders including members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Ruth Wisse is a towering intellectual. But her polemics on U.S. Jews and how they should relate to Israel are truly outrageous, and reflect the deeply troubling stance of mainstream U.S. Jewish conservatives
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As we labor to make “sense” of the tragedy in Meron, I thought it would be helpful to share a relevant and fascinating quote from
Chasam Sofer (1762-1839). It is interesting in its own right, but it will also help contextualize some of the troubling solutions that have been bandied about, especially those coming from the very community that suffered the most.