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

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

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