Avraham avvenu, Abraham is often considered and referred to as the father of the three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, along with the other two religions whose origins are in Judaism: Christianity and Islam. We read in this week’s Torah reading about his death, as well as the death of his wife Sarah. And this past …
a JNS article by Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt Dear Colleagues, I thought this article I wrote in response to former NYT Jerusalem correspondent and Forward editor Jodi Rudoren’s piece about Erekat’s treatment in an Israeli hospital deserved a response. She mentions “a single Israeli protest” and a few members of Knesset who objected to Erekat being treated …
My article in a recent issue of ejewishphilanthropy.com discusses how Jewish educators and rabbis can speak with our kids about their responsibility to participate in the democratic process. Are We Teaching Our Kids How To Vote? by Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt My grandmother, who came to this country in the early 20th century to escape the pogroms …
The outpouring of emotion and adulation for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away on erev Rosh Hashana has been remarkable. What is it about this petite Jewish woman that has touched such a nerve in people around the country? Many respect and admire the woman who broke so many barriers and broke so many glass ceilings. Others …
Here is the third of my three sermons for the High Holidays. The first two dealt with the Coronavirus crisis and a Jewish response to it. I concluded the series with this one about how our world and we will and should be different going forward. In homiletics class in Rabbinical School we were taught …
To hear and see Rabbi Weinblatt’s sermon, on YouTube, click here: To read the sermon, see below: Yesterday’s sermon ended with a cliffhanger. (Ok, maybe not quite as dramatic as an episode of Fauda or Ozark, but by rabbinic standards, it was a cliffhanger.) I concluded by saying that the people of ancient Israel did …
To hear and see Rabbi Weinblatt’s sermon, on YouTube, click here: To read the sermon, see below: Surviving Corona – Part I Welcome to Rosh Hashana 5781, our first and hopefully, last and only virtual High Holiday services. While I say that it is Rosh Hashana, I am not sure I can say …
In my most recent article to appear in the nationally syndicated JNS.org (Jewish News Service) I raise some questions challenging long-held assumptions by Palestinian apologists, and conclude the article with a paraphrase of a famous John Lennon line. Click here to see the full article. Feel free to share this article on your Facebook page. (August 26, …
If you do not go to your gym on a regular basis, and haven’t been there in a year or more, you might want to think about whether it is worth your while to pay monthly dues and remain as a member. Unfortunately, some people think about belonging to a synagogue the way they think …
We all remember the famous line from Fiddler on the Roof when the rabbi is asked what is the proper blessing for the czar, and he replies, “May God keep the czar… far away from us.” We are privileged to live in a democracy where we Jews need not fear civil authorities, but where we play …