Jewish Leadership and Challenges

Prayers

Prayer for Lori Gilbert Kaye

(Based El Male Rachamim - the traditional Jewish memorial prayer)

God overflowing with compassion, who dwells beyond us Grant perfect rest to Lori Gilbert Kaye (Hebrew name) Protect her within your Divine presence Together with all the luminous ones who shine in the radiant upper spheres of holiness May her eternal rest be in Paradise Source of compassion shelter Lori in Your infinite presence Bind her soul in eternal life May Lori find ultimate peace in divine cosmic infinity May she rests in peace shalom With those of all faiths who have been murdered in the houses of worship they called home Let us say Amen

Submitted by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman

A Prayer for our Jewish Sisters and Brothers and First Responders in Pittsburgh

Our Creator God we mourn with you the loss of, and injuries, our Jewish sisters and brothers and first responders in Pittsburgh. May God gives eternal peace to those who have died; may your healing touch strengthen those who are injured. We pray for courage to confront the scourge of antisemitism and other forms of social hatred, Help us become catalysts for social cohesion in a time when so many speak words of social separation. Our hope remains rooted in your presence among us.

by John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Profiles in Catholicism

Interviews

• Rabbi Ronald Kronish

• Rabbi Charles P Rabinowitz

• Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Ph.D.

• Rabbi Michael Zedek

Book Reviews, Commentaries, and Announcements

• Taking Miracles Seriously: A Journey to Everyday Spirituality by Rabbi Michael Zedek Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

• Judaism Is About Love, by Rabbi Shai Held Commentary by Stephen J. Pope Commonweal

• The Goldberg-Variation Commentary by Agatha Khishchenko Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Una luce nella notte di Roma (“A Light in the Night of Rome”) by Father Jesús Sánchez Adalid Announcement by Crux

• Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Century and the Future of Jewish Life by Joshua Leifer Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend by Marty Glickman Reviewed by Jacob Gurvis The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend by Jeffrey Gurock Reviewed by Jacob Gurvis Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Jewish Sunday Schools by Laura Yares Reviewed by Andrew Silow-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet Reviewed by Andrew Silow-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Heroes with Chutzpah: 101 Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers, and Rebels. by Kerry Olitzky and Deborah Bodin Cohen Commentary by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service

• God is in the Crowd: Twenty-First Century Judaism by Tal Keinan Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

Television Reviews and Commentaries

• Kissufim Commentary by Jackie Hajdenberg Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Fiddler on the Roof Commentary by John Dougherty America

• A Small Light Commentary by Shira Li Bartov Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Rough Diamonds Commentary by Gabe Friedman Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Transatlantic Reviewed by Shita Li Barton Jewfish Telegraphic Agency

• How Saba Kept Singing, Commentary by Gabe Friedman Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Film Reviews and Commentaries

• Treasure Commentary by Toby Axelrod Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• All We Carry Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Emigré Commentary by Julia Gergely Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Sweet Disposition Commentary by Zach Scnitzer TC Jewfolk

• Oppenheimer Reviewed by Andrew Silow-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Golda Commentary by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Israelism Commentary by David Suissa Jewish Journal

• The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ ends, will its Jewish legacy be more than a punchline? Commentary by Shira Li Bartoc Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Sabbath Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Spinning Gold Commentary by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Karaoke Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman TC Jewfolk

• A Tree of Life Reviewed by Alan Zeitlin Jewish News Syndicate

• Fiddler on the Roof Reviewed by Roger Ebert Roger Ebert.com

Music Reviews and Commentaries

• Adonai S’fatai Commentary by TC Jewfolk

Theater Reviews and Commentaries

• The Ally Reviewed by Lisa Keys The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• The Merchant of Venice Reviewed by Mikhal Weiner Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Harmony by Jacob Henry Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Cellino v. Barnes Commentary by Julia Gergely Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Describe the Night Reviewed by Leigh Giangreco Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Bad Jews Reviewed by Theatre Chicago

Synagogue Murders Articles and Commentaries

• April trial set for man charged in synagogue massacre by The Associated Press

• Pittsburgh synagogue shooting by Wikipedia

• Jewish community still healing one year after mass shooting by Ivette Feliciano and Zachary Green PBS

• California Man Pleads Guilty to 113-Count Federal Hate Crime Indictment for 2019 Poway Synagogue Shooting and Mosque Arson by U.S. Department of Justice

General Articles and Commentaries

• This Jewish teen is bringing sustainable gardening to NYC prisons by Lisa Keys Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• This Jewish NYer survived the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution and is still helping others today by Jackie Hajdenberg Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Praying Alone by Morton Schapiro Jewish Journal

• Messianic Jewish Network Commissions Third-Party Investigation into Alleged Sexual Misconduct and Cover-Up at IHOPKC by Rebecca Hopkins The Royce Report

• This Jewish teen is bringing sustainable gardening to NYC prisons by Lisa Keys Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• UK’s first female pulpit rabbi confident of change in Orthodox world by Jenni Frazer Jewish News

• Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging action by Asaf Elia-Shalev The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Young Jews are demanding action on climate change by Shira Nathan Jewish Telegraphic Agency 

• Scuba diving rabbi adopts the ocean as his part of the world to repair. Scubi Jew, a marine conservation group inspired by the Jewish concept of repairing the world, turns saving the oceans into a religious experience by Christine Luby Religion News Service 

• Judaism's view on climate change, planetary conservation by Moshe Taragin The Jerusalem Post

• A seminary is investigated for sexual harassment. Now its critics want the findings made public. by Yonat Shimron UCA News

• Sharon Kleinbaum led New York’s queer synagogue through crisis and triumph. Now she’s passing the baton by The Jewish Telegraphic Agency 

• An unexpected 6th defendant is indicted in the 2021 antisemitic assault against Joey Borgen by Luke Tress  The Jewish Telegraphic Agency 

• LAPD admits it was unprepared for Sunday’s violent protest outside LA synagogue by Jacob Gurvis and Asaf Elia-Shalev The Jewish Telegraphic Agency 

• A Chicago rabbi’s encounter with an anti-Zionist leaflet inspired him to make a new podcast by Andrew Lapin  The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• The City of LA Needs to Show Up for Its Jews by David Suissa Jewish Journal

• Three Great Reads from the Jewish Journal by Jewish Journal Roundtable

• The French Rabbi of Brokenness by Emily Barton Tablet

• A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals by Jacob Kessler  Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• At a Jewish comic book festival, fans and creators take time to celebrate joy by Elizabeth Karpen The Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• When the rabbi of your youth dies by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service

• Chief Rabbi of South Africa – Founder of the Shabbat Project – Launches Global Candlelighting Campaign to Bring in Light During First Shabbat Following Attacks by Jewish Journal

• The Invisible Student: A Tale of Homelessness at UCLA and USC by Tabby Refael Jewish Journal

• Chasing the Biblical Spies Through Jewish History by Matthew Schultz Jewish Journal

• Israel and the Internet Wars – A Professional Social Media Review by Marion Haberman Jewish Journal

• Survey: Jewish voters strongly favor Biden over Trump in possible 2024 rematch by Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• In their classroom, Torah is a three-ring circus — by design by Andrew Silow-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Charleston rabbi resigns, saying anti-LGBTQ legislation has forced him to leave South Carolina by Andrew Lapin Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• The Rabbi’s Wife Was a Spy by Motti Inbari Tablet

• Chicago Cubs slugger Matt Mervis sells Hebrew merch to ‘help grow’ baseball in Israel by Gabe Friedman Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Jewish-Catholic experts hail new strategy to counter antisemitism by Gina Christian/OSV News

• Jewish life in Germany: Europe's rabbis to move their headquarters to Munich by Christoph Strack DW

• Meet Harry Sheezel, who could be the ‘greatest ever male Jewish athlete in Australia’ by Jacob Gurvis Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Jewish Federations to hold online rally for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia by Ron Kampas Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• With 1.6M followers, TikTok influencer Miriam Ezagui teaches the masses about her Orthodox lifestyle by Elizabeth Karpen Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• 2-year-old girl killed in shooting in the 100 block of Future Drive by KSAT

• Judy Blume is having a moment. Here’s why Jewish women love her work. by Sarah Rosen Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• A Jewish journalist takes sides in America’s ‘slow civil war’ by Andrew Silon-Carroll Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Jewish Yankee Harrison Bader talks baseball over matzah ball soup and pastrami at Liebman’s Deli by Jacob Guvis Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Muslim nations proposed World Cup armband to raise awareness of Islamophobia by Rob Harris Sky News

• US soccer leagues add game breaks for players fasting during Ramadan by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service

• I fought for the right to wear the hijab in professional basketball. I'm finding hope in progress amid the Iranian protests over women's right to choose. by Yoonji Han Yahoo Sports

• The Jewish Sport Report: Into ‘WrestleMania’? Then ‘Mitzvah Mania’ is for you by Jacob Burvis Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Mantle, Shmantle—Long as We Got Baseball by Jeremy Siegler Tablet

• How Do Muslims and Jews in Christian Countries See Each Other Today? A Survey Review by Gunther Jikeli MDPI

• The Image of Jews According to the Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church by Răzvan Perș MDPI

• A US rabbi bears witness to the trauma in Ukraine one year after Russian invasion by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Progressive US Jews rally in solidarity with Israeli protesters by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Polish nationalists disrupt commemoration for Jewish pogrom victims by Katarzyna Markucz Times of Israel

• 2023 Genesis Prize Awarded to Jewish Activists Working to Uphold Ukraine’s Independence and Alleviate the Suffering of the People of Ukraine by The Genesis Prize

• The 11th Academic Consultation Between Judaism And Orthodox Christianity by The Orthodox Observer

• As a rabbi, he worked on Jewish-Catholic relations. Now the pope is knighting him. by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• European Jewish community facing wave of hate by Bernard Gorce La Croix International

• Yeshiva University approves Orthodox LGBTQ student group alternative by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• Rabbi Rappaport Taking On Jewish Climate Leadership Role by Miri Verona TC Jewfolk

• Survivor Fulfills Husband’s Dying Wish After 8 Years by Talia Liben Yarmush TC Jewfolk

• Trump attacks U.S. Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel By Rosalind S. Helderman The Washington Post

• On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• ‘They hated us. They tried to kill us’ … An old joke becomes a Yom Kippur message by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service

• When Jewish leaders say “I was wrong” by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service

• Jewish chair Dana Walden shapes creation of Disney content by Tamar Uriel-Geeri The Jerusalem Post

• Safra Catz: Leading Oracle to new heights in cloud-based computing by Haley Cohen The Jerusalem Post

• Rabbis for human rights group launches think tank to push liberal Jewish ideas by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Why were some Orthodox Jews excluded from the White House hate crime summit? by Haley Cohen The Jerusalem Post

• The Washington Hebrew Congregation claims that parents forfeited their right to sue over sex abuse. by Lauren Lumpkin The Washington Post

• Hasidic nonprofit brings shoes to greet asylum-seekers arriving in NYC from Texas by Kathryn Post Religion News Service

• Yeshiva University halts clubs amid high court LGBTQ ruling by The Associated Press/Religion News Service

• Jewish Legislators Join Walz & Flanagan In Responding To Jensen’s Holocaust Comparisons by Lonny Goldsmith TC Jewfolk

• Her State Party Apologized For Her, But This GOP Nominee Continues To Spread Antisemitic Tropes by TC Jewfolk

• Northbrook Synagogue 'Sticks' With Highland Park Following Tragedy by Eric DeGrechie Patch

• Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with Holocaust survivors and the State of Israel by Dmitriv Shapiro Jewish News Syndicate

• Abu Dhabi Rabbinic Wedding Landmark Event for Jewish Life in Arab World by Menachem Posner Chabod

• Chabad Couple Holds UAE’s Largest-Ever Jewish Wedding on Anniversary of Peace Deal with Israel by by Menachem Posner Chabod

• Trump, 'purveyor of hate speech', not welcome in Pittsburgh, says former synagogue leader by Oliver Laughland The Guardian

Related Webpages

• Antisemitism

• The Holocaust

• Catholic/Jewish Issues and Challenges

Videos

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