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Leslie Schotz

Jul 14, 2014, 3:00 AM

Before Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the swastika was a symbol of well-being to Hindus and Buddhists. However that all changed with the Holocaust. The decision to fly a banner, at the tail end of an airplane on Saturday...

Apr 11, 2014, 9:26 PM

Shalom Salaam

Shalom. I am a female rabbi who recently became a Mashpi'ah Ruchanit. That is Hebrew for Spiritual Director. Most people have no idea what a Spiritual Director is. Muslims, Jews, Christians, religious seekers, atheists, etc generally know what a...

Jul 24, 2013, 7:24 AM

Helen Thomas and Bravo’s Princesses Long Island

Although I support my local Long Island paper which covers local news there is still room for improvement when it comes to issues about Jewish women and Israel. Last night I wrote a letter to the editor about the...

About Me

Rabbi Dr. Leslie Schotz serves the egalitarian Conservative synagogue called the Bay Shore Jewish Center. She was born on the block of the same shul; where her mother was educated as a girl growing up on a dairy farm nearby. Rabbi Schotz' parents were married on the very same bimah where Rabbi Schotz leads services, officiates at life cycle events and delivers sermons. Rabbi Schotz became a mourner for the first time when her father Hilbert Israel Schotz, of blessed memory, died. He is buried in the synagogue cemetery which has roots going back to the late 1800s. Rabbi Schotz is proud to serve a shul with the slogan "You don't have to pay to pray." They are a House of God welcome to all.