“We are human beings that live in and with others and through others. History has spoken!” The decision most mainstream American rabbinic organizations made after Charlottesville not to join President Donald Trump for a conference call ahead of the Jewish New Year is a dangerous precedent that plays into the hands of our Disruptor in Chief. Rather than take the opportunity to speak truth to power before Rosh Hashanah begins our high holy days Wednesday evening, many of my rabbinic colleagues have sidelined themselves on the moral high ground and ceded the battlefield to a bigoted bully who deserves direct rebuke. This serves no one. A recent example bears this out. Trump and Secretary of...
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