Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
By Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
-
Opinion Jewish history is repeating itself in Ukraine. This time, we must fight Putin back
In 1911, my grandpa Jake was born in the small Hungarian village of Torun in the Carpathian Mountains. While he was still a child, the village became a part of Czechoslovakia, and after World War II, it fell within the borders of Ukraine. My grandpa was just a little boy when World War I broke…
-
Community A prayer for justice and compassion
More than 380,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. Almost 2,000,000 have perished worldwide. The numbers are simply staggering. We mourn and are brokenhearted by what has been lost. These past few weeks have been challenging on other levels, as well. We are witnessing an attack on our democracy and our government, incited by the president…
-
Community Here is why I embrace Pride with pride
Just a few weeks into the pandemic, soon after we began sheltering in place here in California, the actor, writer, and director, John Krasinski, began broadcasting an internet series on Saturday evenings called “Some Good News.” A Jewish conversation for Pride Month. Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of The Forward, will be joined by a panel of…
-
Community How Memorial Day and Shavuot can guide us through the pandemic
Yesterday I helped enter an eight-day-old boy into a covenant that is thousands of years old. That’s a privilege. I remember when at moments like these I would place my hands on the baby’s head as I offered a blessing. I remember asking the parents if I could hold the child in my arms. I…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims
- 2
Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
- 3
Culture How an Amish Mennonite school in Arkansas went viral with a song by an Orthodox Jew
- 4
Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Lindsey Graham urges Israel not to strike Iranian oil depots even as he says he helped make war happen
-
Fast Forward Belgian officials investigating synagogue explosion as possible act of terrorism
-
Film & TV Walter Benjamin knew what Timothée Chalamet meant about opera and ballet
-
Culture For the ‘Jazz Rabbi’ of Connecticut, music and Judaism are both about tradition and improvisation
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
