{"id":77700,"date":"2023-11-03T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=77700"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:00:11","slug":"rav-elations-our-front-of-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/rav-elations-our-front-of-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Rav-Elations!: Our Front of the War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By RABBI DAVID GERBER<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38967 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38967 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rabbi_david_gerber_-_talit_2016-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>As Israel defends itself against the terrorists of Hamas, we may find ourselves feeling helpless, so far away from the fight. But the war in Gaza hits home for us in America as well. College campuses have become violent, unsafe spaces for Jewish students. Restaurants and businesses are being vandalized if they show support for Israel. For us, the growing antisemitism is our front in this war.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I encourage everyone to do a few specific things to help our cause.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;Contact leadership at your alma mater and ask them specifically: what are you doing to protect your Jewish students?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;Get your news and information from reputable sources. I recommend The Times of Israel.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;Help report and call out biased, antisemitic reporting or behavior. Use <a title=\"http:\/\/www.honestreporting.com\/\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honestreporting.com\">www.honestreporting.com<\/a> or <a title=\"http:\/\/www.stopantisemitism.org\/\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stopantisemitism.org\">www.stopantisemitism.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We all have a part to play in this war and we&#8217;re all responsible for one another.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Rabbi David Gerber is the senior rabbi of the URJ\u2019s Congregation Gates of Prayer (Sha\u2019arai Tefillah) in Metairie.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Rav-Elations%21%3A%20Our%20Front%20of%20the%20War\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,9520],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77703,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77700\/revisions\/77703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}