Category Archives: Syria

September 11 America First

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Rabbi Kaufman

It is now two years since this latest European war began. From that day in September, 1939, until the present moment, there has been an ever-increasing effort to force the United States into the conflict. That effort has been carried … Continue reading →

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To Act or Not To Act or Have the Russians Do It

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Rabbi Kaufman

I can understand some of the argument being made for involvement in events in Syria. I spoke of the moral argument concerning the gassing of children by a government and my visceral response on Rosh Hashanah morning. While I believe … Continue reading →

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Making The Case – But For What?

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Rabbi Kaufman

On Saturday, President Barack Obama spoke in the White House Rose Garden about Syria. Many of us expected the President to present the case for why America would move forward with a limited military strike. It would have been something … Continue reading →

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Israel Stands Alone

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Rabbi Michael (Micky) Boyden

We in Israel anxiously wait to see what the backlash will be following the implementation of the US Administration’s decision to take military action in response to the chemical weapons attack attributed to the 155th Brigade of the 4th Armoured … Continue reading →

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Fear of Enemies, Trust of Allies

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Rabbi Kaufman

It is very clear that weaponized gas has been used by Syrian governmental forces. Tom Nichols of The War Room blog wrote an excellent article about the strategic reasoning for action and my colleague Rabbi Fred Guttman wrote similarly about the … Continue reading →

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Syria – The Necessity of Responding by Rabbi Fred Guttman

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Rabbi Kaufman

In April 2009, I was standing in Auschwitz Birkenau at the top of the steps which led to the changing room and then to the gas chambers and crematoria. Scholars estimate that several hundred thousand people, mostly Jews, were gassed … Continue reading →

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