For some American Jews, Purim during war means rethinking celebrations
Purim is meant to be a joyous holiday, but many synagogues are wrestling with how they should celebrate in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war.
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Purim is meant to be a joyous holiday, but many synagogues are wrestling with how they should celebrate in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war.
Comparing their worship to a mishkan, the portable sanctuary that the Israelites carried in the desert, Rabbi Rothbaum said of the protesters, “They go to shul at ‘Cop City.'”
The Exile to Come It is often said that the foundation of the state of Israel represents “ Reishit Tzmichat Geulateinu,” the first flowering of our redemption, the long-awaited bookend to close out the centuries of Jewish exile that began in the year 70 AD with the sacking of the Temple in Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans. It is pretty to think of Israel as such, but it is almost certainly untrue. It is more likely that the first flowering of our redemption will turn out to have been a false budding, the sort that happens on an unseasonably warm day at the end of winter when the plant...