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On Friday evening, June 17, I was one of about 100 people attending the fifth annual LGBTQ Pride Shabbat at Temple Habonim, in Barrington. The service was one of a large number taking place … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 9/1/16

To see with ‘Beginner’s Eyes’

Jon Berenson, Ph.D., has recently published “Completing the Circle: 38 Stories of Mindful Connection” (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2016), a most worthy sequel to the author’s 2013 … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 8/19/16

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

The day Rabin died

Nov. 4, 1995, dawned cloudless and mild in Jerusalem. As I began to rouse myself that Saturday morning in the Windmill Hotel, I saw that my 16-year-old son was stirring on the low-to-the-floor bed a … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 6/24/16

Martin Buber: The world of ‘between’

In my column four weeks ago (May 13), I wrote about my teacher and mentor, Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, who died Jan. 20, a month before his 92nd birthday. I noted that the first of his 17 books, “A … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 6/9/16

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

A Nothing that is Something

Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz died at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, this past Jan. 20, a month shy of his 92nd birthday. Dr. Borowitz, the holder of two earned and three honorary doctorates, … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 5/12/16

The price of silence

Bontshe Shvayg, Bontshe the Silent One, “was born in silence. He lived in silence. He died in silence. And he was buried in a silence greater yet.” The great Polish Yiddish … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 4/28/16

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 undying flame of Jewish learning

On Saturday evening, March 5, about 80 members of the Rhode Island Jewish community came together at the Dwares Jewish Community Center, in Providence, to celebrate our collective joy in Jewish … more

Rabbi James Rosenberg | 4/13/16