Sharon Brous
Death, justice, love: Three rabbis open up Judaism for beleaguered readers
By Beth Kissileff — April 3, 2024
(RNS) — A trio of new spring books written by rabbis demonstrate the strength of the adage that no two are alike.
Rabbi Sharon Brous and “The Amen Effect”
By Ray Kirstein — January 20, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous about her new book, "The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend our Broken Hearts and World"
Sharon Brous on the power of saying ‘amen’ in a broken world
By Yonat Shimron — January 11, 2024
(RNS) — 'The Amen Effect' is an extended meditation on the importance of showing up — in good times and bad.
US Jews fracture over support for Israeli retaliation
By Yonat Shimron and Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — Pro-Israel groups have denounced left-leaning Jews, accusing them of being antisemitic and not really Jewish.
A Yom Kippur sermon warns American Jews of Israel’s growing messianic rule
By Yonat Shimron — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — In a barnburner Yom Kippur sermon Monday (Sept. 25), Rabbi Sharon Brous said elements of Israel’s new government have a messianic agenda that aims to turn the country into a fascist theocracy.
The Unite the Right rally changed her life. She now wants to defeat white nationalism.
By Yonat Shimron — November 26, 2021
(RNS) — Since that searing summer day four years ago, Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin has devoted herself to better understanding what happened and working to make sure it never happens again.
Has American Judaism jumped the shark?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 27, 2018
God is not done with American Judaism yet.
I am not at peace with Jewish Voice for Peace
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 23, 2017
JVP invites a convicted terrorist to address their national gathering. Shame on them.
COMMENTARY: The Thanksgivukkah mashup conflates two different values
By Sharon Brous — November 27, 2013
(RNS) One holiday calls us to stop everything and appreciate; another demands that we stop everything and agitate.
Conservative Judaism turns 100 and works to reverse its decline
By Lauren Markoe — October 9, 2013
(RNS) As Conservative Judaism approaches its 100th birthday, it confronts a set of statistics that bode poorly for its future as the anchor in the center of American Jewish life.
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