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Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg

Bruce Ginsburg is the Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere, NY. A product of Boston University, New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary, and Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, he holds a doctorate in Hebrew literature. Known for his decades-old activism on behalf of Israel, Soviet Jewry, and intra/interfaith cooperation, he has served both as president of the Long Island Board of Rabbis and as president of the Union for Traditional Judaism. His essays have appeared in Newsday, the Christian Science Monitor, the Jerusalem Report, and other publications. He and his wife, Rachel, moved to Israel in the summer of 2022.

ARTICLE (Reprinted from Times of Israel Blogs)

Gaza On Our Minds

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg

Categories: Anti-Semitism, Articles, Israel, Modern Judaism
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What It Takes To Defeat Evil

Categories: Israel, Modern Judaism, Purim, Torah/Talmud
ARTICLE

On American Jewish Hand-wringing Over Gaza

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg

Categories: Israel, Modern Judaism
Rabbis Share Divrei Torah as Passover Approaches During the Coronavirus Pandemic VIDEOS

Rabbis Share Divrei Torah as Passover Approaches During the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg, Rabbi Noah Gradofsky, Rabbi David Novak, Rabbi Gershon Bacon, Rabbi Baruch Melman, Rabbi Leonard Levy, Rabbi Moshe P. Weisblum, Rabbi Jeffrey Miller, Recommended by UTJ and Rabbi Steven Saks

Categories: Coronavirus, Holidays, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Passover, UTJ Events
A Chanukah Message VIDEOS

A Chanukah Message

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays
The Future of Conservative Judaism (1985 Video) VIDEOS

The Future of Conservative Judaism (1985 Video)

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg

Categories: Denominations, Modern Judaism, Women's Forum
Complexities of Intermarriage – Bayme Lopatin Novak – UTJ Shidduch Crisis & Intermarriage # 8/8 VIDEOS

Complexities of Intermarriage – Bayme Lopatin Novak – UTJ Shidduch Crisis & Intermarriage # 8/8

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg, Rabbi David Novak and Rabbi Asher Lopatin

Categories: Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Relationships
The Shidduch Crisis & Intermarriage:  Finding Love in the Jewish Community (UTJ 2016 Conference – Full Video) VIDEOS

The Shidduch Crisis & Intermarriage: Finding Love in the Jewish Community (UTJ 2016 Conference – Full Video)

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg, Temima Goldberg Shulman, Sharon Weiss-Greenberg, Rabbi David Novak and Rabbi Asher Lopatin

Categories: Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Relationships, UTJ Events, Women's Forum
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Long Island Jewish World)

Restoring the Jewish Narrative Tradition

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg

Categories: Articles, Modern Judaism