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Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin

Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin is the spiritual leader of Temple Israel in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the author of numerous books on Jewish spirituality and ethics, published by Jewish Lights Publishing and Jewish Publication Society.

US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Posted inOpinion

When Zionism was maligned at the UN, he fought for truth

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Ask most New Yorkers today, and they will tell […]

Author Salman Rushdie talks about the start of his writing career, during the Mississippi Book Festival, in Jackson, Mississippi, on Aug. 18, 2018. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Rogelio V. Solis)
Posted inOpinion

What stabbed Salman Rushdie?

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS August 17, 2022
People react outside the Civic Center after a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Dario Lopez-Mills)
Posted inOpinion

If you love the Bible and God, then love children. Live children.

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS May 27, 2022
People pray outside the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 15, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Matt Rourke)
Posted inOpinion

From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS May 16, 2022
Amy Schumer stars as Beth (left) and Laura Benanti plays her mother, Jane, in "Life & Beth." (Photo/RNS-Marcus Price-Hulu)
Posted inFirst Person

Amy Schumer is more Jewish than her new show is willing to admit

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS April 12, 2022
A scroll of the Book of Esther. (Photo/RNS-Courtesy Oregon State University-Wikipedia-Creative Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Can rabbis avoid burnout?

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Rabbi: What do you think of responsive readings? Congregation: Yawn

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS January 11, 2022January 11, 2022
Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn speaks Nov. 13, 2021, at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. (Screenshot/RNS)
Posted inOpinion

Mike Flynn, Josh Mandel and the myth of the ‘Judeo-Christian way of life’

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 19, 2021
A supporters holds a sign that says "Trump" in Hebrew and English as Donald Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP)
Posted inOpinion

Trump again? The Republican Jewish Coalition is blowing it.

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 5, 2021November 5, 2021
Actor Kathryn Hahn as Rabbi Raquel Fein on “Transparent.” (Photo/Amazon Prime)
Posted inOpinion

No, Jewish characters do not need to be played by Jewish actors

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS November 4, 2021

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