by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Nov 23, 2011 | Opinion
While sitting in the Nashville International Airport reading the newspaper recently, a mustachioed Frenchman sitting next to me started up a conversation. In the interest of space and clarity, I’m skipping my part of the conversation: “Occupy Wall Street...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Sep 22, 2011 | Opinion
We Jews are in the early weeks of our fall holy day period. There are three parts to this season that are of spiritual interest: Selichot, Yamim Noraim and Sukkot. The month of Elul is the final month of the Jewish liturgical calendar and is devoted to the practice of...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Apr 13, 2011 | Opinion
I was asked recently to articulate why Judaism matters. Here is my reply: Now HaShem said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. [As a consequence of your going] I will make of you a...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Mar 31, 2011 | Opinion
I watched President Obama commit us to endless war Monday night, and it made me sick. Speaking of the obligation of America to intervene in Libya, Obama said, “To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and, more profoundly, our responsibilities...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Jan 11, 2011 | Opinion
Is President Obama opposed to American exceptionalism? Many Republicans, including many running for his job in 2012, are suggesting he is. The term was first used in the 1920s by the American Communist Party. It referred to class mobility within American society, and...