Rabbi Michael Rothbaum serves Congregation Dor Hadash in San Diego, affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism.
Michael Rothbaum
By Michael Rothbaum
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Opinion Why Jews Need To Band Together With ‘Subgroups’ That Steve King Attacked
What do you do when your political party gets described as mostly “old white people” on national television? If you’re Rep. Steve King of Iowa, you go full-on, double-barrel white supremacist. Speaking on a MSNBC news panel discussion on Monday, King took issue with the suggestion that soon there won’t be enough white people to…
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Opinion Why It Was Right To Suspend Simone Zimmerman from Bernie Sanders Campaign
Simone Zimmerman had to be suspended. Not that I have any problem with her passion. Or, truth be told, with most of her politics. And certainly it’s hard not to be impressed by Zimmerman, the brilliant and eloquent organizer, a driving force within J Street U and IfNotNow, still in her mid-20s. (I wish Zimmerman…
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