Rabbi Uri Pilichowski is an educator and author. He lives with his family in Mitzpe Yericho, Israel.
Rabbi Uri Pilichowski is an educator and author. He lives with his family in Mitzpe Yericho, Israel.
Uri Pilichowski
By Uri Pilichowski
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Opinion Learning to trust my neighbors again
On a recent Shabbat, my family gathered to celebrate a new bride and groom. 30 of us were all looking forward to spending time together and enjoying ourselves. The highlight of Shabbat was a walking tour of the Abu Tor neighborhood in Jerusalem, one of the few mixed Arab and Jewish neighborhoods in Israel, which…
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Opinion You don’t have to support Israel’s decisions, but please show empathy for your fellow Jews
On our drive home from Jerusalem, my kids and I head East towards the Judean Desert. On a normal day, it’s about a 20-minute drive, but if we take a short cut, we can make it home in 18 minutes. As we drive down the large six-lane Sderot Haim Barlev, we can make a right…
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Letters Letter | The ADL Is Wrong. A Zionist Would Dream Of Annexing Judea and Samaria
Editor’s Note: This letter was accepted and published before we were made aware of a social media post by its author that falls well outside the bounds of what The Forward deems acceptable discourse. The social media post has been deleted. We regret the error. Dear Editor: I read the ADL’s Kenneth Jacobson’s “The ADL…
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Community After Pittsburgh, I Empathize More With Black Americans
On Shabbat morning October 27, I was visiting my former community of Boca Raton, Florida for Shabbat. I was running a Teen Shabbaton in the local Synagogue, and Congressman Deutch was the featured after-lunch speaker. Minutes before, he had told me privately about the shooting in Pittsburgh, and I had asked him not to disturb…
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