By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
The e-mail conversation occurred after I sent a coworker the headline “Brooklyn Pride interfaith service canceled, allegedly over host synagogue’s ‘pro-Israel positions.’” She wrote back wondering whether cancel culture was a good thing. While we all know …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
This past Memorial Day weekend, I continued a tradition my mom and I started years ago: we would visit Westlawn Cemetery, stopping by her parents, my father and my little brother’s graves first and then visiting family and friends located throughout the cemetery. …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the General Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain a…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
They almost don’t register anymore. In fact, while the press usually mentions their occurrence, many times, there is no follow-up story unless the mass shooting features some titillating detail of interest in addition to the violence. I remember the days when ever…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“That’s exactly why the Jews didn’t leave Germany.” That comment was made by a friend who is so upset with the political situation in our country that she is planning ways to leave the United States, including looking for employment that would allow her to w…
