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Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz is the rav of Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation in Chicago. During his nearly five decades in the rabbinate he has led congregations in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom and served as an officer, Executive Committee member and chair of the Legislative Committee of the Chicago Rabbinical Council.
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The Reconstructionist movement announced new policy allowing its rabbis to marry a non-Jewish spouse
The phenomenon of the court Jew, voicing the Jewish community’s interests, began in the Middle Ages.
The Vatican's recognizing the "State of Palestine" is a step backwards in Catholic-Jewish relations
Despite the numerous terror attacks by Muslims Obama insists on calling Islam the religion of peace
The discord in political discourse is at an all time high. What went wrong and how can we fix it?
Open Orthodoxy has taken the Jewish world by "storm" but are "storms" necessarily good?
I fear the brave new world we are approaching deems ethnicity and race more important than ability
New US laws permit Muslims to avoid serving in US Armed Forces if US is confronted by other Muslims
Kelly would have pounced if that pejorative adjective preceded "Blacks, Hispanics, Gays, or Muslims"
Jews who reject Torah should not invoke "Jewish morality" regarding the immigration controversy.
Unlike Judaism & Christianity which honors "truth," Islam pursues "Taqiyya," strategic lying
Modernity proves Schweitzer’s critique “we had no scale of values, for we had no reverence for life”
Contrast the gloom&doom of global warming proponents to Jewish compelling&positive environmentalism
Society's path on health care (considering "quality” of another’s life) is morally wrong, un-Jewish
No necessity to redefine marriage, just address equal rights for couples in non-nuclear families
Supreme Ct ruled on power of Executive vs Legislative branches NOT on Jerusalem as Israel's capital
In all cases, condoning Gay Marriage, not only does not advance Tikun Olam, it obstructs it.
The Roman Catholic Church places upon the head of its Pope the 2 crowns of government and religion
The inspiration for the US Constitution was the shared moral values of Judaism and Christianity
I stated with clarity in simple terms, “Jews don’t have gangs.”
The law protects businessman from participating in an activity against their religious beliefs.
A society comprised of many cultures & religions does itself a disservice legislating morality.
Islam and Christianity are “universal churches” believing THEIR truth to the exclusion of all faiths
Despite all evidence to the contrary you yet claim that "As a Jew, support for Israel is in my DNA.”
Your contention that Netanyahu wants a US-Iran war to benefit Israel is a canard of anti-Semites
Obama has an apparent inability to understand Islam in particular and Mid-East culture in general
Punishment of those waging war against Allah and his messenger...is they be murdered or crucified
June 19, 2026 
