Fighting the “world’s oldest hatred” requires more than words. It demands that each sector of society that fuels harmful impressions about Israel and Jews examine how they have contributed to the toxic environment that has led to hateful words and violent acts against Jews. The cold-blooded murders of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky in Washington, …

Watch Video Download PDF Earlier this week I took my confirmation class on our annual trip to New York. Our first visit upon our arrival in Manhattan was the Jewish Heritage Museum in Battery Park. Its majestic view through the large windows of the Statue of Liberty, what for many of our ancestors may well have been …

 If any one thing has united Jews throughout the ages, it is anti-Semitism. Yet in this era of increased polarization and division, it seems we cannot even agree anymore on what constitutes anti-Semitism.  Click here to read Rabbi Weinblatt’s full article “It’s a life raft to those who hold fast to it” as it appeared in the nationally …

Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy’s latest book, “Never Alone” is essential reading for anyone who cares about or is interested in the Israel-Diaspora relations. His Jewish identity provided him a sense of purpose and of belonging and was the key to being free in a totalitarian state that sought to control everything, including one’s thoughts. The book …

Part of the Jewish psyche is the willingness throughout our history has been our willingness to challenge the norm, to be willing to go against the grain, to question and thereby uproot prevailing notions. In the latter part of the 19th century a young boy in Germany listened to his science teacher explain that there …

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 …