After the nation moves on, we will be left to pick up the pieces. Fortunately, this is a very strong and capable Jewish community, blessed to be led by incredible rabbis.

The advent of each new administration calls for the broad re-creation of our country every four to eight years. Such moments of re-creation offer an opportunity to learn from the biblical creation story itself.

The Torah teaches us that we must pray for the wisdom of our leaders and the quality of government, no matter our feelings toward specific politicians. Extraordinary times require extraordinary prayers.

We hear the news of the massacres and the suffering, but will we listen? The world cannot continue to stand idly by while the death toll keeps rising. We cannot be silent in the face of yet another slaughter.

God, let the circle of compassion widen enough to include the vast and diverse American family, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Having Team Refugee at the Olympic games will bring further attention to the plight of refugees worldwide, and is helping change the lives of the athletes who now have a chance to compete.

Why can’t we remember what it feels like to wear a yellow star? A number? Oh, America, you're breaking my heart.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Brussels in the wake of today’s terrorist attacks.

For nearly half a century, Elie Wiesel has been an inspirational beacon of our people’s most precious values.

I first saw Wiesel speak in 1968, when he was a 40 year-old activist on behalf of Soviet Jewry.