I remember many years ago feeling ambivalent about the prayer for the government recited in synagogues every Shabbat morning. Were we sanctifying the policies of an administration? What of political leaders who would use religious language in pursuit of their particular agendas? I wondered: Isn’t God bigger than that? My feelings have changed as I’ve grown older, […]
Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and is the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. He is the former rabbi of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley.
