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Rabbi Reuven H. Taff

Rabbi Reuven H. Taff

Reuven Taff is rabbi emeritus of Mosaic Law Congregation in Sacramento, Calif. He has written opinion pieces for JNS, The Sacramento Bee, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today and other publications.

Celebrity platforms amplify messages—and carry consequences.
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove used his Shabbat sermon to make clear the danger that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani poses to the community.
It pains me to have to call out any Jew who has cast his or her lot in the camp of a candidate whose positions on Israel are so visceral and one-sided.