Editor’s note: With such a varied political climate, what role should our synagogue, rabbi and community, play in helping to navigate? By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Hadassah Magazine You could call Michelle Szpilzinger a wandering Jew. Over the past few years, the resident of the Kew Gardens section of Queens, N.Y.,...

Why Anti-Semitism Flourishes Whenever Hatred Thrives As I walked into synagogue Saturday morning a woman rushed up to me, “Rabbi did you hear what happened? We ran away from Iran to escape this.” Half my congregation at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles are Iranian Jews who lost everything in fleeing...

This resolution, by the Women’s League of Conservative Judaism (of which our Sisterhood is a member), was prepared with reference to the Rabbinical Assembly’s 2016 resolution. We are grappling with some of the wording. What are your thoughts? Please share below. GUN CONTROL Background Gun violence is an acute public...