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Sanford Olshansky

Feb 21, 2025, 9:07 AM

On February 5, in a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said the US would take ownership of the Gaza Strip, resettle all Gazans elsewhere, and rebuild the area as a world-class resort. On February...

Feb 18, 2025, 3:44 AM

Do Human Rights Matter to Anti-Zionists?

I’ve wondered if it matters to Israel haters, “anti-Zionists” if you will, that the modern State of Israel is an oasis of liberal Western values among the repressive Muslim nations of the Middle East. I don’t believe it does....

Feb 12, 2025, 5:22 AM

We Are All Zionists Now

"Haman then said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people, scattered and dispersed among the other peoples in all the provinces of your realm, whose laws are different from those of any other people..." (Esther 3:8, JPS 2000...

About Me

Rabbi Sanford Olshansky was ordained in 2011 at the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in New York and is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). He has served Jewish congregations in New Jersey and Florida. Since 2014 he has taught in the Judaic Studies Program at the University of Central Florida (UCF), in Orlando. He also teaches adult education and performs many weddings throughout Central Florida.