Avi Weiss
ARTICLES BY: Avi Weiss
Addressing Raphael Warnock and Antisemitism
Although I'm a New Yorker, Georgia is not foreign to me as a place to raise a voice of moral conscience against politicians who have...
An Open Letter to Eliot Engel’s Primary Opponent
Mr. Bowman, News reports indicate that you were recently endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) (D-NY), whose record on Israel is deeply distressing and disappointing. Following...
A Seder Supplement for 2020
The seder this year will be observed during the corona storm. When lifting the seder plate at the outset of maggid, we will not say...
An Open Letter to the Polish People on the Birkenau Church
To the people of Poland: As we approach the 75th anniversary commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz, I reach out to you in the spirit of peace....
Houston After Harvey: Floods Cannot Drown Love
Walking into the building of the United Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) of Houston, I welled up with tears -- because I was shocked by the devastation. Waters from Hurricane...
The Events of Charlottesville Are a ‘Shandeh’
It was a surreal moment. Approaching the Robert E. Lee Monument in the center of Charlottesville, Virginia, a young black woman -- Aliya -- joined her white friend...
9/11 Retrospective: How the Iran Deal Threatens New York
We’ve all heard the arguments opposing the Iran nuclear deal. But we rarely hear the terms “nuclear backpacks” or “nuclear suicide bombers.” Perhaps that’s because the...
Kaddish for the Victims of Charleston
My father died a few weeks ago. The hardest part of the shiva (mourning period) was when it ended. Friends and family were, by and...
You Are Not Alone: Our Solidarity Mission to Paris
"A fire is burning," Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky declared to European Jewry during the 1930s. Too few heeded his cry. As I left Paris after a solidarity...
The Sabbatical Year of Shmita and Spiritually Responding to Terrorism
JNS.org - The sound of the shofar is in the air. The Hebrew month of Elul has come, preparing us for Rosh Hashanah. But...
Put an End to the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s Monopoly
It's painful to have one's rabbinic credentials challenged by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. But that's exactly what's happened to me. In truth, it's much more...
