Rabbi Moshe Hauer 79 articles

Rabbi Hauer draws from his experiences in Israel and talks about some of the changes that have and have not occurred in the Israel of this moment.

Our Sages taught, “Peace is great; discord is despised.” We are deeply shaken by the upheaval and discord that has gripped our beloved State of Israel. In recent weeks, the

 לך כנוס את כל היהודים  “Go and gather together all of the Jewish people.” (Megillat Esther 4:16)  Queen Esther brought on the miracle of Purim by calling upon the Jewish

American Jewish leaders need to deploy a different kind of hyperbole about Israel. It is time to put aside talk of the end of democracy, the onset of fascism, the

Twenty years ago, I was sworn in as a U.S. citizen at the War Memorial building in Baltimore. I went to the ceremony as a duty, not seeing it as

“In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money.” This New York Times headline of 9/11/22 begs the question: How do you define a failing school? That likely depends

There is currently a battle happening regarding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. My great-grandfather, Israel Wagner, a devoted and pious Boyaner hassid from the Bukovina region of Romania, was enraptured

We must build a better world. This ideal seems hopelessly out of reach. The world around us raises constant reminders of the distance it must travel to achieve goodness. We