Article for Jewish Renaissance Magazine Perhaps inspired by the summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo, Jewish Renaissance Magazine focused on the Jews and Japan in their summer issue. I and my coauthor Rabbi Marvin Tokayer were asked to write the introduction to the topic, a copy of which appears here.
Not many people know the amazing connection among three stories recently in the news: Jews and Asians, because of the increase in hate crimes, and the Suez Canal, because of the traffic jam caused by a disabled ship blocking the canal. The Jews were the Marcus Samuel, Sr. family; the Asians were initially the Japanese; … Read more
The bestowing of The Order of the Rising Sun Gold and Silver Rays on Rabbi Marvin Tokayer