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Nachman Shai

Nachman Shai

Nachman Shai serves as the Rabbi David Ellenson Dean of Hebrew Union College Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.

If we are to heal, we must teach our children—in Jerusalem or New York, Tel Aviv or Toronto—that belonging to one Jewish people is not an abstract idea. It is a lived commitment to one another’s well-being.
Israel is enjoying unprecedented close ties with the U.S., which is never something to take for granted. At the same time, we must never ignore the potential threats to those ties.
I want to believe that everyone involved in the Israeli health system understands that providing a speedy answer to the shortage of good doctors means saving lives and refraining from finding an immediate solution means harming patients