Reflections

If Jews could blow the shofar with hope for the year ahead on Rosh HaShanah 1945, then so can we.

Within a worthy nation, they have silently reminded us, we are all brothers and sisters, and so we have a positive duty to be “preservers.”

In every financial transaction, let each of us so carry ourselves that people will be moved to bless God’s name for having had dealings with us.

It is probably the first time in history that one million more Jews reside in the homeland of the Jewish people than in the next biggest Jewish community.

Only one guest will come to Seder this year. All the others who are usually at the table will not show.

Too many Jews and Jewish educators are talking about the current pandemic as the "11th Plague", suggesting that it could be appropriately joined with the historic Ten Plagues that we will recall at Seder.

Here’s the truth that we learned in Australia: when it comes to creating a serious love of Judaism and a rooted Jewish identity, hours count.

Listen as Rabbi Schiff discusses the American perspective on and reaction to the Six Day War in this audio clip.