A weekly blog post by Rabbi David Gerber, senior rabbi of the URJ’s Congregation Gates of Prayer (Sha’arai Tefillah) in Metairie.
September 26, 2024
Apparently the United Nations, France and the US are pushing for a 21 day ceasefire in Lebanon. How lovely. Hezbollah has been firing...
September 17, 2024
So... A few months back, as I was speaking to my congregation about the nearly 100,000 Israelis who are displaced from the North, I made...
September 08, 2024
We haven't posted at This Week in Zionism for a few weeks and while I can't speak for all of our contributors, it's safe to say we're all...
July 27, 2024
You may not know the village of Majdal Shams. It is an Arab Druze community in the Golan Heights. Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terror...
July 24, 2024
Love Him or Hate Him, Jews Should Listen The one thing everyone surely knows about Benjamin Netanyahu is that he is possibly the most...
July 17, 2024
Ruth bat-Seraph, better known as Sabra, is a superhero that first appeared in the comic book Incredible Hulk. She is a mutant who was...
July 12, 2024
Palestine Invaded by Arabs! It has been well documented by those who read and study history that there never was a Palestinian state....
July 12, 2024
Palestine Invaded by Arabs! It has been well documented by those who read and study history that there never was a Palestinian state....
July 03, 2024
Most countries have substantial exports as their economic driver. So what drives the Gazan economy?
July 03, 2024
Most countries have substantial exports as their economic driver. So what drives the Gazan economy?