Israel

Galilee Diary: Pioneers

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

[The ultra-Orthodox] look like our grandfathers. How can you slap your grandfather into jail, even if he throws stones at you? -David Ben Gurion

In the early 1980s, around when Shorashim was established, a group of idealistic young Conservative Jews from North

Galilee Diary: Truth and Reconciliation

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

[Jeremiah dictated his prophecy to Baruch the scribe, who brought the scroll to the royal court]. ...And Yehudi [brought it and] read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.

Galilee Diary: Access

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

You shall not insult the deaf, or place a stumbling block before the blind. You shall fear your God: I am the Lord.  -Leviticus 19:14

For years we had a subscription to the theater series at the Karmiel auditorium, which brought plays from the various repertory

Five Years Too Many

gilad_shalit by family.jpgI returned last week from leading a birthright trip - a whirlwind ten day adventure in Israel for forty young Jewish adults experiencing Israel for the first time.