Felipe Goodman

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Sep 23, 2024, 7:39 AM

Hey J Street, You Can’t Fool Us Again

J Street is a fox in sheep’s clothes. After October 7, the pro-Israel community’s eyes are open wider than ever. We must not repeat the same mistakes by being persuaded by their words while ignoring their actions. On September 16,...

Jul 8, 2022, 7:22 PM

Jews attacked by Jews at the Kotel…the outrage of Orthodox silence!

I sit to write this words exactly one month before our commemoration of Tisha B’Av, the day in the Jewish Calendar which we devote to mourning the destruction of both The First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Our tradition teaches...

Dec 12, 2017, 7:55 PM

Jerusalem… Not a matter of left or right

Last week, like many of you I watched The President of The United States declare Jerusalem to be the Capital of Israel and also The Capital of The Jewish People. Not that we need validation on something that is...

Mar 30, 2017, 7:42 PM

AIPAC Carries My Voice With Strength!

I never thought that I would find myself in a position such that I would have to put in writing my thoughts to express the obvious. I spent the younger years of my life growing up in a place...

Nov 18, 2014, 6:10 PM

Bibi, Go Big or Go Home!

As I sit to write these few lines, I am praying and hoping with every ounce of my being that by the time I finish the Prime Minister of Israel has taken decisive action in response to the terrorist...

Jul 26, 2014, 1:36 AM

Israel, Actions and consequences… Don’t feel fear, feel Pride!

Concluding the reading of Sefer B’minbar this week has ben tremendously insightful. Parashat Maasei deals with the Journeys of The Israelites until the moment that they come in close proximity to The Promised Land, it is there that The...

Jun 9, 2014, 6:19 AM

5 lessons from the dreaded college search

Remember how hard this time was for you in your own life and multiply it by five

Feb 26, 2014, 6:51 PM

The 5 things I brought back with me from my CUFI (Christians United For Israel) mission to Israel

Now that a little time has passed I want to put down in writing some of the most important things that I brought back from Israel after spending ten days last January with over twenty Evangelical Pastors from Las...

Aug 14, 2013, 9:03 AM

Teshuva…. There is no app for that!

I know that in this precious time that brings the promise of peace to Israel it is most tempting to write about the events of the day and to speculate n what will be. I have chosen to not...

Jul 29, 2013, 4:06 AM

Zionism has Changed… I think for the better and I think I like it!

There is something unexplainable that happens every time I leave Israel… Slowly but surely as a trip comes to an end and regardless of what I came to Israel for, I experience a deep sense of nostalgia mixed with...

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About Me

Felipe Goodman lives in Las Vegas where he has been the rabbi of Temple Beth Sholom, a Conservative Congregation for the last 26 years. A native of Mexico City, Felipe grew up as an ardent Zionist and an active Jewish student leader. He is currently a member of The Joint Bet Din of The Conservative Movement and Chairperson of Conservative Judaism’s Joint Retirement Board. He is working on the completion of his book: Torah From Sin City!