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Stories by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld

Shmuel Herzfeld is Rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue and National Vice-President of the Coalition of Jewish Concerns - Amcha.

Airbrushing Hillary? It’s a Sin

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld wrote on May 9th, 2011 at 7:12 pm

The newspaper Di Tzeitung’s decision to publish a photo of the White House sit room with the women photoshopped out violates many important religious laws.  more

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Is It Wrong to Feel Joy at Bin Laden’s Death?

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld wrote on May 2nd, 2011 at 10:36 am

How does our religion teach us to respond to the death of a hated and evil man like Osama Bin Laden? Can we rejoice when we hear about the downfall of an enemy?  more

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Another Shameful Arrest of Woman at Western Wall

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld wrote on July 12th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

On Monday, the media reported the arrest of Anat Hoffman for carrying a Torah scroll at the Western Wall.  more

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U.S. Air Reaction to Praying Jew Understandable

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld wrote on January 22nd, 2010 at 9:07 am

Some rabbis have criticized a US Air crew for religious insensitivity when it diverted a plane and called in a bomb squad to investigate a Jewish teen who turned out to be…praying. However, the reaction of the staff was very much understandable.  more

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Israel Doesn’t Need Religious Police

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld wrote on November 20th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested for wearing a prayer shawl (a tallit). The authorities have set a dangerous precedent by denying her right to practice her faith.  more

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The Jews Of Venezuela

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld wrote on March 20th, 2009 at 10:55 am

This past week four of us traveled on a solidarity mission to visit with the Jews of Caracas, Venezuela.  I had the honor of traveling with Rabbi Avi Weiss, Gabe Ledeen of our congregation, and Rabbi Adam Scheier of Congregation Shaar Hashamayim in Montreal.
For the past few years we have been hearing of anti-Semitic attacks   more

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