Rabbi Dr. Bernard Rosenberg

Intergenerational Holocaust trauma - symptoms recognition

In many cases, symptoms surface at the moment of recognition.

I fear for the future of Holocaust memory

Who will be the voices of the Holocaust when we, the children of Holocaust survivors, are also gone? Who will tell the truth? Who will prevent a recurrence?

Kristallnacht:

Not as far off as you think

Once one could ask, how could the entire world stand by and allow such a disaster to occur? Not anymore. Opinion.

Starting again

Don’t we get a new chance each year? Isn’t that what the High Holy Days are all about—a chance to start again? A Yom Kippur sermon that is relevant every day of the year.

Tragedies that occurred on Tisha B'AV

Major tragic events that happened to the Jewish people either happened on Tisha B’Av, or had roots on Tisha B'Aav.

Yom HaShoah thoughts

Germany itself was brought to ruin by this fanatical hatred, and yet in his final hours, Hitler remained fixated on murdering Jews. There are parallels in today's Middle East. Opinion.

Then and now:

They say what they mean and they mean what they say

Why is Iran not called Persia anymore? The answer says it all.

Remembering Kristallnacht: November 9-10, 1938

Kristallnacht marked a dramatic escalation in the Nazi’s treatment of Jews.

Tell me, why do they hate us?

The infamous anti-Semitic protestors in Charlottesville… what did they chant? “The Jews will not replace us!” Why should they think we Jews are going to replace them?

Unforgiveness or forgiveness?

What do you do when you are offended or hurt by other people's words or actions?

What is the Jewish approach to evil?

What is evil, and how does one comprehend its place in our lives? People have an obligation to recognize that evil exists, but understanding its essence is beyond human intellectual capacity, says Rabbi Soloveitchik.

We must all act like Israelis do

We must be proud and stand up against our enemies with courage. Op-ed.

Take our enemies at their word

The ultimate agenda of Iran and Hamas—like that of Hitler’s Germany, like that of Amalek—is not simply the destruction of Israel, but of the Jewish people. Opinion.

What Jews must remember on Int'l Holocaust Day

Can the Holocaust happen again? My answer is a definite yes.

Antisemitism is out in the open, are you ready to fight back?5

Please listen to my warning this time before it is too late. We need a new JDL. Opinion.

Kristallnacht in the shadow of the October 7 massacre

The cannibals of society eagerly await to devour their prey; they feed upon fear and desperately search for defenseless scapegoats.

They went like sheep to the slaughter and other myths

20th century mechanistic society not only wishes to forget the atrocities of the Holocaust, but wishes to deny that it ever existed. Op-ed..

Kings, queens, pawns and knights: The Glatt shidduch game

For Tu B'Av, A critical look at the Shidduch Crisis in the Jewish community. Op-ed.

Purim, the Holocaust and today's Amalek

My motto is never again, never forget, and never forgive even if some criticize me for not forgiving what the Nazis did to my family.Op-ed.

Kristallnacht- Never forget! (With newly surfaced photos)

Anti-Semitism may start small, but it grows exponentially. Time to learn from history. Op-ed.

I am not in Auschwitz

Our world is filled with prophets of doom, and they are especially to be found in the Jewish world, but we must look at all the good Op-ed.

Why I fight for Holocaust Remembrance

Our forebears were murdered, that's why. Op-ed.

Kristallnacht must be remembered

One asks, how could the entire world stand by and allow such a disaster to occur? It had no qualms, talking big and doing nothing. Op-ed.

Holocaust truths left out of your child's history texts

The story school history books leave out tells how the US and Hitler cooperated in the crimes committed against the Jewish people. Op-ed.

A "Holocaust Siddur"

The "Holocaust Siddur" is made up of the regular Maariv evening service with numerous program ideas and material added in English. Review.

Kristallnacht must never be forgotten

Jews must be on guard to fight anti-Semitism, but in 1938, no one could imagine the future. Now we know it can happen anywhere..Op-ed.

Dealing with grief and loss during the Covid pandemic

Loss is a very real part of life for everyone at one time or another, and grief is a natural reaction to that loss.

The deafening silence of liberal Jewish leadership

Liberal Jewish leadership has its head firmly planted in the sand, just where it was during the rise of Hitler. Op-ed.

Morton Klein and ZOA deserve an apology from Jewish leaders

The ZOA called out BLM's antisemitism and Jewish leaders condemned the messenger. Opinion.

The 11th hour is upon us

We cannot just sit by and allow Jews to be singled out in the riots following the murder of George Floyd. Op-ed.