Statements and Op-eds by 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

by Rabbi Moshe Hauer

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

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

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?

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

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 […]