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Chaim Steinmetz

Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in New York.

Medieval antisemites believed awful things about Jews and that gave them license to do awful things to Jews. The same is true today.
We are meant to be ‘a people that dwells alone,’ but does that mean we should abandon the world?
Bringing religion into politics will ultimately diminish faith.
A toxic mix of technology, materialism and polarization has left people feeling more disconnected than ever.
The very foundation of Jewish history is redemption; it is the story of a people who, despite having every reason to be bitter and cynical, continued to rebuild and repair.
The rules of the sabbatical year require farmers to desist from working and open up their fields, with all their produce, to anyone.
Jews have had negative feelings about pigs for over 2,000 years, and in many ways, the antagonism was created by anti-Jewish polemics.
This week, two voices from Ukraine have been calling out to me—Chaim Nachman Bialik and Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov.