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The American Jewish Community: New Identity Challenges After October 7th
February 23 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Rabbi John Rosove and Rabbi Sue Shankman will focus their conversation on how the American Jewish community has faced new challenges since October 7. There will be a bagel brunch preceding the event.
About the Book
The killing of 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, by Hamas militants becomes a horrible crime that challenges the core of Rabbi Rosove’s beliefs. For months, he finds himself lost in doubt and grief and, yes, a desire for revenge. In the end, as the tragedy of Gaza unfolds, his brave voice does not waver in its determination to see peace and social justice come to the Middle East, for the children of Palestine and Israel.
This deeply probing and arresting memoir tosses aside the neat little identity boxes we put ourselves in. Longtime Hollywood (and former WHC) rabbi, he is proof that a thinking person can be many different things at once. American Liberal. Progressive Zionist. Lover of Israel. Dreamer of Palestine. The sweeping and finely-wrought narrative traces Rosove’s journey from West to East and his philosophical evolution shaped by a trio of unforgettable mentors. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Benjamin Netanyahu, Natan Sharansky, and Marwan Barghouti, the promising Palestinian leader who sits in a prison cell in Israel, make cameo appearances.
About the Author
Rabbi John Rosove is Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel of Hollywood where he established a Reform Day School, an active social justice program, and revitalized synagogue and Jewish communal life in the greater Hollywood area. He writes a regular blog at the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. He is married to Barbara and the father of two sons, Daniel and David.
