A rabbi expresses political opinions
A new rabbi was elected, T.H.
And he writes a weekly Torah sermon for the communities on whose behalf he is elected to serve and receives a salary.
He introduces political views into the Torah discourse.
This upsets some of the audience (probably a minority), very upsets those who think the opposite, upsets those who think like him but think it shouldn’t be part of his job to express political opinions, certainly not to include it during an official weekly Torah sermon, also upsets some who think on his political side but see it as too extreme and harsh.
There are also those who are angry at the very fact that our war with our enemies who rise up against us is being connected to internal debates.
It is still possible that all those who are angry about the new rabbi and the myriad reasons for the political Torah debate are not the majority.
How and what should we do with it?
When I asked him, he got quiet and claimed that he had covered the issue but didn’t take sides…
He probably believes what he says, he’s not a liar, but it seems naive.