Opinion: By recalling our ancestors’ centuries of suffering on Passover, we not only remember their pain but cultivate a compassionate imagination; despite threats, Israel moves forward, reclaiming the Jewish people’s strength and dignity By Rabbi Marc Schneier April 26, 2024 Many of us – including myself – sat around this year’s Passover Seder with […]
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Even amid the war between Israel and Hamas the conflict has not morphed into a more calamitous religious war between Muslims and Jews. By Rabbi Marc Schneier April 18, 2024 The word “religion” in English comes from the Latin word “religare” which means to bind together. Indeed, we think of religion as a force […]
Read moreThe Jerusalem Post By: Rabbi Marc Schneier April 19, 2022 The Crimean Tatars, largely Muslims, trace their history in the Ukrainian peninsula back many centuries, most of which are marked indelibly by Russian oppression. Each day brings us new horrors from the front lines in Ukraine as Russia’s aggression intensifies, with the names of Bucha […]
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