Rabbi Steven Burg is the CEO of Aish. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency and the Executive Board of the RCA.
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We must unite against hatred and violence, actively challenging hate in all its forms.
In the spirit of Yom Kippur, I publicly apologized to this person as I realized my words had obviously caused him pain. This interaction seems simple yet it wasn’t.
My father had an amazing ability to speak to anyone about anything. No matter how old or young, he could connect. He would come to services thirty minutes early and spend time speaking to the congregants.
What are we pledging to do differently, out of our comfort zone, to rescue our brothers and sisters right now?
We must recognize the phenomenon for what it is—not an evil born of of any social-media or other platform, nor a political protest of any kind—but anti-, plain and simple.


