A Prayer for the People of the Land By Rabbi Micah Streiffer and Rabbi Judy Schindler As Jews, today we celebrate the anniversary of the secular date on which Israel’s Independence was declared, May 14, 1948. On this day, seven decades ago, a modern day miracle was born. On this day, our people danced inContinueContinue reading “A Prayer for the People of the Land”
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Who’s Afraid of a Big, Bad Flag?
Last month, at the Chicago Dyke March (an annual LGBT Pride parade), several Jewish marchers were expelled from the march because they carried flags with Stars of David, reminiscent of the flag of Israel. The organizers of the march defended the move, declaring that that “Zionism is an inherently white-supremacist ideology” and that the flagContinueContinue reading “Who’s Afraid of a Big, Bad Flag?”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 