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An act of love

Harris N. Rosen – “Hershey” to many of us – is known and respected throughout Rhode Island for his numerous acts of charity. Just recently, Rosen has again demonstrated his community-mindedness by self-publishing an invaluable self-help … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 8/30/13

Affirming our black-Jewish alliance

“[T]here is no doubt that the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ resonates with Jewish beliefs and history. Jews hear the words not as divisive but as a call to moral … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 9/16/16

Questions raised by ‘The Finkler Question’

Howard Jacobson (b. 1942), the well-respected British author, begins his speech at the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem in the fall of 2013 with three succinct and depressing sentences: “The question is rhetorical. When will Jews … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 3/12/15

We should celebrate Jewish diversity, not let it divide us

I set foot in Israel for the first time in June 1965. I had just turned 21 and was to spend most of my summer volunteering at K’far Menachem, a Mapam (seriously socialist) kibbutz located … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 8/24/17

The boycott crowd

I am not, nor have I ever been, a supporter of the BDS movement, which aims to protest Israel’s settlement policies through Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions directed against the state of … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 4/19/18

In My Father’s Court

My wife Sandy and I spent the first weekend of this month at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. We were among the 50 or so students who attended a program entitled “The Family Singer: Three Siblings and their Stories.” Under the able … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 11/22/13

A cartoon that isn’t funny

One evening last January an unsolicited and unwanted cartoon appeared in my inbox: At the center stands a caricature of a fierce-looking bearded suicide bomber, whose explosive belt is labeled MULTI-CULTURALISM. Six fawning bystanders, … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 3/3/16

‘Mario and the Magician’

“Mario and the Magician,” a 40-page short story by Thomas Mann (1875-1955), was originally published in German in 1929, with an English translation a year later. At … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 10/28/16

Trump at AIPAC

As most of you know, Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, spoke at the annual Policy Conference of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, on … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 4/15/16

The beauty in our quest for God

On the morning of Sept. 15, 2021, members of Barrington’s Temple Habonim gathered together to celebrate Yom Kippur, 5782. All of us, having recently tested negative for COVID, and wearing … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 2/3/23