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In his July 28 review at rogerebert.com, Nick Allen writes: “Like all great films that nudge the world toward a slightly more compassionate place, the creation of ‘Menashe’ is an … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 9/25/17

Shifting American Jewish Identities

In his much-discussed article in the June 10, 2010, issue of The New York Review of Books, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” Peter Beinart, author of “The Crisis of Zionism” (2012), wrote: “For several decades the Jewish … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 3/13/14

A Vision of Hope

Suhad Babaa is an intelligent and articulate young woman, bursting with a passion to make this world a better place. She is currently Director of Programming for Just Vision more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 12/5/13

A happy beginning, a less than happy ending

A month or two ago, my wife Sandy and I viewed on Netflix the 2015 movie “Woman in Gold.” The film is based on the true story of Maria Altmann, a World War II Jewish … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 8/4/16

Leonard Cohen: Psalmist for our time

When Leonard Cohen died this past Nov. 7 at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 82, he was eulogized throughout much of the world as a talented singer and song writer; but he was also a poet, … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 3/2/17

The importance of touch

For many of us, this past Thanksgiving was a world apart from the Thanksgiving we celebrated – or failed to celebrate – a year ago. On Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, my wife Sandy and I sat … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 1/10/22

My hope that we never forget ‘The little boy’

Terezin, or Theresienstadt, was not a death camp like Auschwitz or Treblinka or Chelmno. As a matter of fact, the Nazis even permitted the Red Cross to visit it ... once. During that … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 5/27/16

‘Live to the Max’

Many of us who have been living for some time here in the greater Rhode Island Jewish community will remember repeated calls in this newspaper to find a bone marrow donor for Cranston resident Max … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 12/9/16

Our duty to remember

On Sunday afternoon, April 23, 27 Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, a few hours before the official beginning of Yom ha-Shoah, members of the Rhode Island community – Jew and non-Jew alike … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 4/27/17

Night of the Murdered Poets

“The morning that Mendel Muskatev awoke to find his desk was gone, his room was gone and the sun was gone, he assumed he had died. This worried him, so he said the prayer for the dead, keeping himself in mind. Then he wondered if one was … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 12/4/14