Rabbi Noach Lawrence, JD serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom of Bloomington, IN, the hometown of Indiana University. In his first career in law and politics, he served at the Israeli Supreme Court, the US Senate, and the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. His writing has appeared in CNN Opinion and Newsweek. The opinions herein are his own. For more information, visit www.bethshalom-bjc.org or www.rabbinoachlawrence.com.