What it's like to be a rabbi in a time of rising anti-Semitism

'Just because there's hatred out there doesn't mean that we should diminish our identity'

Rabbi Reznick.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Congregation Emanu El, jessicahyde/iStock)

This wasn't something they taught in rabbinical school.

Rabbi Lindy Reznick studied the Torah, Jewish law, and ethics, and even spent a year learning all three in Israel, but never listened to a lecture or wrote a dissertation about how to lead a congregation during a time of rising anti-Semitic violence and increased public hate speech.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.