Rabbi Creditor's Writings on Israel
Books
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The Hope: American Jewish Voices in Support of Israel (2014) |
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Fault Lines: Exploring the complicated place of Progressive American Jewish Zionism (2021) |
Videos:
A Bemidbar Reflection on Yom Yerushalayim (May 18, 2023)
Yom Ha'Atzmaut: Celebrating Israel's 75th Birthday! (April 26, 2023)
Marking Yom haZikaron (April 25, 2023)
Days of Rebirth: Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzma'ut (April 19, 2023)
Diaspora Zionism is a Blood Covenant (February 15, 2023)
Yom haZikaron: Silence (May 4, 2022)
Essays
Times of Israel (July 19, 2023)
Medium (April 27, 2023)
Medium (April 25, 2023)
Medium (April 24, 2023)
Among the Mourners of Zion
The Huffington Post (July 25, 2017)
Tears, Free-Flowing Tears
The Times of Israel (July 23, 2017)
My Souvenir Prophet
The Times of Israel (July 17, 2017)
Attacked from Within
The Huffington Post (July 11, 2017)
On the Outside Looking In: Reflections of a Jew Wounded by Israel
The Huffington Post (June 27, 2017)
A Very Bad, No-Good, Rotten Day for Zionism
The Huffington Post (June 25, 2017)
When it All Comes Together
The Times of Israel (June 20, 2017)
The Huffington Post (July 25, 2017)
Tears, Free-Flowing Tears
The Times of Israel (July 23, 2017)
My Souvenir Prophet
The Times of Israel (July 17, 2017)
Attacked from Within
The Huffington Post (July 11, 2017)
On the Outside Looking In: Reflections of a Jew Wounded by Israel
The Huffington Post (June 27, 2017)
A Very Bad, No-Good, Rotten Day for Zionism
The Huffington Post (June 25, 2017)
When it All Comes Together
The Times of Israel (June 20, 2017)
The Huffington Post (Dec. 28, 2016)
My Zionism (audio)
offered at the East Bay Hadassah Annual Meeting (April 3, 2016)
Our Ancestors in Heaven Are Weeping
Rabbi Creditor's AIPAC Policy Conference 2016 Address (March 22, 2016)
Applause, applause, applause: Donald Trump isn’t the problem, we are
Times of Israel (March 22, 2016)
Opposing Trump at AIPAC Is No Partisan Stance — It’s Jewish and All-American Patriotism
The Jewish Daily Forward (March 21, 2016)
Black Lives Matter and the Beauty of Israel: Working on Both With One Soul
Huffington Post Politics (Nov. 25, 2015)
A Real Response to Israel-Hatred: Love
Huffington Post Politics (Oct. 22, 2015)
Praying for Israel During Troubled Times
This is Not a Million Man March
Times of Israel (October 12, 2015)
Falafel Hebrew, Crackling Tanks, and Burning Coals
Times of Israel (July 13, 2015)
'A girl named Jerusalem: Seeking Asylum in Tel Aviv
Times of Israel (July 7, 2015)
Too Busy Protecting Israel from Delegitimization to Protect Ourselves from Israel's Delegitimization of Us?
Times of Israel (July 5, 2015)
For Zion's Sake I Will Not Keep Silent
Huffington Post (March 17, 2015)
We Cry as Family
Times of Israel (November 18, 2014)
Ferguson is Not Gaza
Huffington Post Politics Blog (October 15, 2014)
The Burdens of Memory
Times of Israel (October 6, 2014)
A Battered People Once Again
Times of Israel (August 27, 2014)
Ferguson and Israel
Huffington Post (August 21, 2014)
Times of Israel (August 20, 2014)
Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace
Times of Israel (August 9, 2014)
Only Then Will the Jewish Soul Know Comfort
YouTube (Aug. 7, 2014)
Toward Jewish Healing and Post-Tisha-Be'Av Re-entry into the Universe
(August 5, 2014)
My Response to the Terror of Missiles and the Terror of Words
Times of Israel (August 4, 2014)
Comfort Our People, Compassion for All God's People
(with Rabbi Michael Adam Latz)
Huffington Post (July 30, 2014)
Do We Stand With Israel?
Huffington Post (July 28, 2014)
The End of Theory
Times of Israel (July 22, 2014)
I'm Done Apologizing for Israel
Huffington Post (July 21, 2014)
(republished by the Jewish Daily Forward July 23, 2014)
Evil and the Image of God: A Response to Dr. Daniel Gordis
(July 18, 2014)
What do I Pray for Now?
(July 15, 2014)
A Prayer for These 90 Seconds
Huffington Post (July 10, 2014)
The Jewish People Lives
Huffington Post (July 8, 2014)
A Jew in the World
Huffington Post, (July 2, 2014)
Healing Our Abused Jewish Soul
Jerusalem Post (June 2, 2014)
A Rabbinic Comment on Messianic Politics
Huffington Post (January 22, 2014)
Reclaiming Zionism
My Response to the Terror of Missiles and the Terror of Words
Times of Israel (August 4, 2014)
Comfort Our People, Compassion for All God's People
(with Rabbi Michael Adam Latz)
Huffington Post (July 30, 2014)
Do We Stand With Israel?
Huffington Post (July 28, 2014)
The End of Theory
Times of Israel (July 22, 2014)
I'm Done Apologizing for Israel
Huffington Post (July 21, 2014)
(republished by the Jewish Daily Forward July 23, 2014)
Evil and the Image of God: A Response to Dr. Daniel Gordis
(July 18, 2014)
What do I Pray for Now?
(July 15, 2014)
A Prayer for These 90 Seconds
Huffington Post (July 10, 2014)
The Jewish People Lives
Huffington Post (July 8, 2014)
A Jew in the World
Huffington Post, (July 2, 2014)
”אנחנו הקונסרבטיבים נאבקים למענכם, עמדו גם אתם לצידנו“
Maariv (June 10, 2014)Healing Our Abused Jewish Soul
Jerusalem Post (June 2, 2014)
A Rabbinic Comment on Messianic Politics
Huffington Post (January 22, 2014)
Reclaiming Zionism
Huffington Post (July 8, 2013)
I am Not Free When My Sister is Silenced
Women of the Wall (July 8, 2013)
I am Not Free When My Sister is Silenced
Women of the Wall (July 8, 2013)
A Prayer, Upon Completing My Term as CoChair of Rabbis for Women of the Wall
Women of the Wall (April 28, 2013)
Sermon on the Mount: A Midrash on the Akeidah
Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility (August, 2011)
Upon the Death of an Enemy
(May 2, 2011)
Zionism Also Needs to Come from the Left - Right?
The "J" (Nov. 4, 2010)
The Narrowing of the Israeli Mindset
The "J" (March 4, 2010)
Women of the Wall (April 28, 2013)
Sermon on the Mount: A Midrash on the Akeidah
Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility (August, 2011)
Upon the Death of an Enemy
(May 2, 2011)
Zionism Also Needs to Come from the Left - Right?
The "J" (Nov. 4, 2010)
The Narrowing of the Israeli Mindset
The "J" (March 4, 2010)