When Hope and History Rhyme

February 3, 2023

The crossing at the Red Sea was the moment everything changed. “Every Jew must consider themselves as if they were slaves in Egypt,” says Rabbi Ammi Hirsch, recalling our synagogue’s humanitarian work. “We must consider the dispossessed — the refugee fleeing war, who shows up on our doorstep with nothing but the clothes on his back and the scars in her heart — as worthy as we are and equal in the sight of God.”