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Brian Stoller

Reform Rabbi in Great Neck (NY)

Sep 9, 2026, 2:54 PM

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Backsliding into tribalism: A response to Mijal Bitton

Yeshayahu Leibowitz, an Israeli philosopher and scientist known for his outspoken, often controversial opinions on Judaism, ethics, religion and politics. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Liberal Jews believe the Jewish people has a purpose greater than survival. So did Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Jun 21, 2026, 9:13 PM

A Loyalty Test Is Not the Way to Encourage Reform Zionist Commitment

Reform leaders who are advocating that Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) should deny rabbinic ordination to students with non- or anti-Zionist views have forgotten the lessons of the College’s recent failed experiment with red lines. When I entered...

Jun 11, 2025, 9:34 PM

In Public Service, Character Matters Most: A Rabbi’s Plea from the Pulpit

The podium from which I address my congregation each week, a podium previously occupied by giants of Great Neck’s historic Jewish community, bears an inscription from the 119th psalm: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a...

About Me

Rabbi Brian Stoller is the rabbi of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, NY. He is the author of Politics & Pluralism: Essays on Democracy, Antisemitism, Power & Culture in an Age of Polarization (Vayinafash Press, 2026). Rabbi Stoller earned an M.Phil. in Rabbinics from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2021 and is currently an adjunct faculty member at HUC-JIR/New York.

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