After gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, rabbis across the United States reflected on how to protect their congregations during their own events. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Rabbis”
Arthur Waskow, 92, Influential Rabbi and Activist for Social Justice, Dies
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2025
Through more than two dozen books and two organizations he helped start, he had a profound impact on the intellectual and political life of Jewish congregations in the United States. Source: New York Times
Why the 92nd Street Y Hired a Rabbi
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2022
With antisemitism on the rise, the cultural institution decided to more fully embrace its Jewish identity. Source: New York Times
Philip Hiat, Rabbi Who Forged Bonds With Other Faiths, Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on November 3, 2022
His bridge-building efforts notably included a book and traveling exhibition of Jewish manuscripts from the Vatican’s archives. Source: New York Times
חסידישע מוסדות געבן נישט קיין עדיוקעשאן, אבער באקומען א שפע פון רעגירונגס געלטער
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
די חסידישע מוסדות אין ניו יארק האבן גענאסן פון 1 ביליאן דאלאר אין רעגירונגס געלטער דורכאויס די לעצטע פיר יאר אבער מוזן קיינעם נישט אפגעבן קיין דין וחשבון וואס מען לערנט ביי זיי Source: New York Times
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush with Public Money
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2022
New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight. Source: New York Times
David Weiss Halivni, Controversial Talmudic Scholar, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2022
He was considered too radical by many Orthodox rabbis and too regressive by many Conservative Jewish leaders. But his work was widely praised. Source: New York Times
Rabbi Simcha Krauss, Advocate for Women’s Rights, Dies at 84
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2022
He drew criticism for his efforts to liberate Orthodox women from recalcitrant husbands who refused to grant a religious divorce. But he stood his ground. Source: New York Times
A Synagogue Feud Spills Into Public View: ‘Only Room for One Rabbi’
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2021
Rabbi Arthur Schneier abruptly fired Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt from Park East Synagogue, and long-simmering tensions publicly exploded in a way rabbinic rivalries rarely do. Source: New York Times
Moshe Tendler, Authority on Jewish Medical Ethics, Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2021
His pronouncements — on sex, death, organ transplants and more — carried weight in no small part because he was both a master of Jewish scripture and a microbiologist. Source: New York Times