By KARL GROSSMAN “As you know, Dasee and I have always aspired to make aliyah to Israel, and to be a part of what we see as the most important project of the Jewish people in our time,” Rabbi Leon Morris wrote to the members of Temple Adas Israel in January. And on June … Read more
Pastor Katrina Foster and I discuss commonalities between Christianity and Judaism, as well as my future work in Israel and the challenges Israel is facing.
Walking in Jerusalem, a precarious experience, as size dictates right of way There is nothing more meaningful to me than walking the streets of Jerusalem. This has been a city of pedestrians for millennia. Omdot yahu ragleinu b’shaarayich Yerushalayim – “Our feet are standing at your gates, O Jerusalem” (Psalm 122.) While walking the city … Read more
NEW YORK, July 17 (JTA) — The opportunity to hear the German State Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, perform in Jerusalem was in itself ironic. That Daniel Barenboim, the orchestra’s world-famous conductor, is an Israeli Jew made a performance in Jerusalem all the more intriguing. Moments after Shabbat ended on July 7, two friends and I hurried … Read more
January 1999 Rabbi Leon A. Morris In this week’s Torah portion, Vayechi, Joseph and his brothers show two very different ways of reacting in response to the past. Joseph’s brothers fear that he will take revenge on them once their father has died. They ask, “What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and … Read more