✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
Last August, during the height of Israel’s conflict with Gaza, Adath Jeshurun’s Rabbi Robert Slosberg was tapped by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Rabbinical Assembly and the Masorti Foundation to lead the Conservative Movement’s Solidarity Mission to Israel … Read More
I have received many positive comments from people regarding our JCRC Chair Becky Ruby Swansburg’s wonderful op-ed in the September 10 edition of The Courier-Journal, written with Dr. Muhammad Babar, former president of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent … Read More
I hope you’ve had a chance to read about the JCL Strategic Plan in the July issue of Community on pages 8-9. Thanks to the input we gathered (listed last month) we’ve put a lot of thought into what our … Read More
Israel and World Jewry – A Strong Relationship Since the founding of the State of Israel, there has been a symbiotic relationship between world Jewry and the state. Even before 1948, Zionist leaders from Ze’ev Jabotinsky to Chaim Weizmann traveled … Read More
There is a great sense of uncertainty in the air. Yes, the ground operation is behind us, our troops are back on Israeli soil, peace talks are taking place in Cairo and life is almost back to normal — that’s … Read More
So close — but not there yet. We were so close to a return to normalcy, to what an Israeli summer should be: sun, beach, family time and a sense of freedom. But Hamas had other plans for us, as … Read More
Both Israel and Hamas have agreed to the Egyptian initiative, which includes a 72-hour ceasefire. After that period, further discussions will take place in Cairo in an attempt to reach a permanent agreement. As a result, the last of our … Read More
Yesterday Israel buried four of her best sons, courageous soldiers, our heroes. They were killed in the Rafah battle on Friday. Among them is 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was declared dead on Saturday after Hamas had claimed to have … Read More
On the 25th day of Operation Protective Edge, I was planning to write something about our war routine. However nothing about today is routine. After going to sleep with the sound of the siren in the background, we woke up … Read More
In the past 24 hours, 85 Israeli soldiers were wounded in Gaza, and Hamas continues to fire at Israeli cities. The operation continues, even as we have attempted cease-fire. This afternoon Hamas fired more rockets into several areas in central … Read More