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Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt is the founding rabbi of Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Potomac, Md. He has served as the head of the Jewish National Fund’s Rabbis for Israel and is the founder of the Coalition of Zionist Rabbis for Israel.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Credit: ApostolisBril/Shutterstock.

What coverage of Biden can teach us about coverage of Israel

What’s remarkable is how well Israel is perceived despite a relentlessly unfair media narrative.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Jul. 26, 2022

Israeli children on the first day of the school in Jerusalem, Sept. 1, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

America’s rabbinical schools must require ‘ahavat Yisrael’ from their students

It is imperative to ensure that Zionism and Israel are central to the education of the next generation of rabbis.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Jun. 26, 2022

Jethro and Moses, as in Exodus 18, watercolor by painter James Tissot between 1896 and 1900. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

About the attack in the synagogue in Texas …

At a time when we debate what constitutes anti-Semitism and whether or not anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism, we should be united in confronting the Amalekites of our world and not fear them.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Jan. 28, 2022

Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2006. Credit: Tinseltown/Shutterstock.

The dangerous language of Desmond Tutu

He minimized Palestinian acts of violence and misapplied the experience of apartheid in South Africa to Israel.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Jan. 5, 2022

The “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity With the Jewish People” at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2021. Credit: Chris Kleponis.

Jewish unity is needed now more than ever

Let us speak out, so that those who denounce Israel so loudly, non-Jew or Jew, do not change us or diminish our unity or love for our people.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Sep. 22, 2021

A woman holds a sign opposing antisemitism at a rally. Credit: AndriiKoval/Shutterstock.

It’s a life raft to those who hold fast to it

The last thing we Jews need to worry about is that debate about Israel’s policies will be stifled, or that there isn’t enough criticism of Israel.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Feb. 9, 2021

A young woman gets vaccinated at Clalit COVID-19 vaccination center in Rehovot on Jan. 4, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

What the world can learn from Israel

Three core Jewish values—belief and trust in science and medical care, the primacy of the command to preserve life and a strong sense of community—all contribute to Israel’s success with the COVID-19 vaccination program.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Jan. 5, 2021

P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas (right) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat sign an application to U.N. agencies in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 1, 2014. Photo by Issam Rimawi/Flash90.

What ‘The Forward’ should acknowledge about Erekat

He has been one of the loudest voices in the Palestinian leadership to express support for terrorists and payments to their families, and to justify attacks against Israelis as legitimate acts of resistance.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Oct. 27, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Aug. 13, 2020. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

The UAE deal: The ultimate disrupter

If the ark of the moral universe is long but bends towards justice, we may be witnessing the tilt towards peace.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

Aug. 26, 2020