Rabbi Moshe Hauer 79 articles

On Wednesday, I received a horribly anguished call from an acquaintance. She was angry with me, with us, with the Jewish community. She had seen the just-released horrific October 7

Following a recent meeting between increasingly concerned Jews and the government agencies charged with protecting them, I approached the senior agent representing the FBI and asked him to explain their

The current lack of moral clarity is painful. The world – including some of our best friends and many of our own people – cannot seem to see why this

Dearest Hostage Families, Everything you have taught us over these six torturous months can be summarized in a biblical phrase, vayima’ein l’hitnacheim, “(they) refused to be consoled.” You put your

Since Simchas Torah, our people have been actively engaged in an existential battle against an enemy intent on destroying us. Hundreds of Israel’s precious soldiers have given their lives, and

Ki im hachareish tacharishi ba’eis hazos… This is a time when we may not be silent. Please – right now – stop whatever you are doing, pray to Hashem, and

It is Purim season, and it is high time for us to lift our spirits, to turn from today’s painful challenges to its incredible opportunities and to lose some sleep

President Biden’s State of the Union address notably ignored America’s current tidal wave of antisemitism and failed to reference the May 2023 launch of the first ever National Strategy to

Leader Schumer’s speech to the Senate yesterday, Thursday, March 14th, was profoundly disappointing and concerning. While Leader Schumer claimed to speak on behalf of a silent majority of Jewish Americans,

We are all rightly preoccupied with the profoundly unsettling events of the past months. War, loss, and dislocation have traumatic effects that are currently being experienced by many. It is