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Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish Chaplain at Yale
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Jul 27, 2020, 6:30 PM
A Summer of Sympathy and Solidarity
At moments, the Jewish and American calendars overlap with inspirational serendipity: the promise of a new academic year and the wistfulness of autumn sound resonate with the reflective spirit of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But in other seasons,...
Jul 20, 2020, 8:18 PM
When Fear Corrupts
Living as a Jew means carrying a burden of fear. Not one fear, but many: will the next generation choose our traditions in this free country; when we are threatened, will others come to our aid; who will be...
Jul 11, 2020, 1:33 AM
Annexation: Jewish Power and Jewish Character
Navigating the tangle of tradeoffs between safety, dignity, and freedom for Jews and Palestinians, we must ask ourselves again and again: have our measures been proportionate and humane, or fearful and expedient? Have we lost the duality of Israel...
Jul 2, 2020, 10:03 PM
July 4 – An Intense, Complex, Pride in Country
This year’s July 4 is a day of American pride marooned in a season of long-overdue national self-critique. Can pride and critique coexist? The temptation to answer in the negative is strong: it is easier to exalt what we...
Jun 30, 2020, 9:04 PM
The Statues Must (Not) Come Down
Jefferson Davis in Richmond; Edward Colson in Bristol, England; Albert Pike in Washington, DC; Christopher Columbus here in Wooster Square (and many other cities)… Ulysses Grant and Francis Scott Key in San Francisco; Theodore Roosevelt in the Museum of...
Jun 22, 2020, 5:36 AM
Joining the Tradition of Pious Dissent
The last three weeks have seen virtually every organization issue public statements denouncing anti-Black racism. Some have also taken the yet-more-important step of looking inward to identify and repair previously unnoticed or unaddressed racism. All of this is as...
Jun 15, 2020, 9:35 PM
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First – listen. Then – entertain heresy
White Americans must learn what Black Americans have always known, that America is not only the promised land, it is also Egypt
Jan 21, 2020, 9:07 PM
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In impeachment trial, the Senate is also judged
Judaism teaches that a trial that is distorted by fear of the accused’s powers will cause deep and enduring damage to society
Aug 14, 2016, 12:01 PM
Tisha B’Av: Mourning Jerusalem, Fearing Trump
Today, on Tisha B’Av, Jews across the world recite and relive an anguished liturgy of destruction. Beginning with the downfall of Jerusalem we remember ancient and recent devastation, recalling home after home across an exile spanning centuries and continents....
Nov 18, 2012, 9:39 AM
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Israel Discourse that’s True to Reality and True to Tradition
Sacred Jewish texts offer a model for nuanced discourse
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Jason Rubenstein is the second Howard M. Holtzmann Jewish Chaplain at Yale and the senior rabbi of the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. All opinions are his own.
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