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In his Times of Israel blog post, Rabbi Ginsburg, reflectingo on the Purim and Exodus stories, discusses what is necessary for Israel to achieve victory in the current war and disappointment with negative outlooks towards Israel’s conduct of that war.
Resolved not to be exterminated by Haman, Pharaoh, and the barbarous nations they led, the ancient Jews strove valiantly for their very lives. In both cases, they united behind a clear objective: total victory against hate.
Read more at https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-it-takes-to-defeat-evil/
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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.