This week, Jews around the world will celebrate the holiday of Purim. We will read the Bible’s story of Esther and Mordechai overcoming the genocidal plans of Haman who sought to destroy the Jewish people.
Today, in coordination with Prime Minister Netanyahu and the IDF, President Trump and the U.S. Armed Forces took decisive action to silence a modern threat from the same ancestral land of Haman. For decades, Iran’s Islamic regime has sown death and destruction including the murder of American citizens, the murder of Jews and Israelis globally, and the murder of their own citizens who dare stand up for freedom. Iran’s insatiable aspirations to become a nuclear power cannot be tolerated and today’s action in eliminating the Ayatollah is an important step in ensuring it doesn’t happen.
G-d bless President Trump. G-d bless the United States of America and its courageous military servicemen and women conducting this noble mission, may you all return home in peace.
To the brave women and men of the IDF: We support you. We pray to the Almighty to keep you safe and aid you in prevailing over our enemies. May G-d protect the people and defenders of Israel.
We call upon all members of our community to increase your tefillot in the coming days and hours and do all we can to support our brothers and sisters in Israel.
Mitch Aeder
President
Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer