Statements and Op-eds by Rabbi Moshe Hauer

Praying for Peace: Statement by OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Praying for Peace: Statement by OU Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Our Sages taught, “Peace is great; discord is despised.” We are deeply shaken by the upheaval and discord that has gripped our beloved State of Israel. In recent weeks, the […]

Statement from EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer on Continued Terrorist Attacks from Huwara
Statement from EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer on Continued Terrorist Attacks from Huwara
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer

A Time for Unity and Prayer
A Time for Unity and Prayer
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer
לך כנוס את כל היהודים “Go and gather together all of the Jewish people.” (Megillat Esther 4:16) Queen Esther brought on the miracle of Purim by calling upon the Jewish […]

American Jewish Leaders Must Deploy Different Kind of Hyperbole on Israel
American Jewish Leaders Must Deploy Different Kind of Hyperbole on Israel
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer
American Jewish leaders need to deploy a different kind of hyperbole about Israel. It is time to put aside talk of the end of democracy, the onset of fascism, the […]

A Right, a Privilege, and an Obligation: Relishing the Right to Vote
A Right, a Privilege, and an Obligation: Relishing the Right to Vote
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Twenty years ago, I was sworn in as a U.S. citizen at the War Memorial building in Baltimore. I went to the ceremony as a duty, not seeing it as […]

Hasidic Schools: Who Gets To Define Success?
Hasidic Schools: Who Gets To Define Success?
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer
“In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money.” This New York Times headline of 9/11/22 begs the question: How do you define a failing school? That likely depends […]

Limiting egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall isn’t religiously coercive
Limiting egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall isn’t religiously coercive
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer
There is currently a battle happening regarding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. My great-grandfather, Israel Wagner, a devoted and pious Boyaner hassid from the Bukovina region of Romania, was enraptured […]