Sermon
7 years ago • Feb 25, 2017

Anti-Semitism: The Bug in the Software of the West

By
Rabbi Sharon Brous

Shabbat Mishpatim Sermon. Rabbi Sharon Brous

The Torah warns of an unwillingness to accept new circumstances that call for a shift in consciousness. The surge of anti-Semitism in the US awakens us to two new realities: many of us have rejected a Jewish identity predicated on fear of anti-Semitism, and must now admit that this is real and it’s dangerous. Others can’t believe that Muslim-Americans can be our allies in the fight against anti-Semitism, and yet they’ve been the first to step up.

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