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Rabbi Leo Dee

Rabbi Leo Dee

Rabbi Leo Dee is an educator in Efrat. His second book, The Seven Facets of Healing, is dedicated in memory of his wife, Lucy Dee, who, along with two of their daughters, Maia and Rina, was murdered by terrorists in April 2023.

In Judaism, the past is never just behind us. It is something we are constantly choosing how to carry.
It is an ancient argument: Is peace the absence of friction or of illusion?
Jonah’s job was to prevent catastrophe, even for those who might someday turn against him. Today, Israel’s job is the same.
Standing still is not an option—not for me, not for Israel and not for the Jewish people.