David Steinberg
@rabbidsteinberg.bsky.social
Rabbi at Temple Israel (Duluth, Minnesota)
Rosh Hashanah last week was lovely. Here's a photo taken at a family service and Tashikh activity at a local park.
September 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Rosh Hashanah last week was lovely. Here's a photo taken at a family service and Tashikh activity at a local park.
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720 Days.
720 Days without sunlight.
720 Days without enough food.
720 Days relying on the people who put a gun to your head to keep you alive.
720 Days without family, friends, or even acquaintances to talk to.
720 Days too many.
720 Days without sunlight.
720 Days without enough food.
720 Days relying on the people who put a gun to your head to keep you alive.
720 Days without family, friends, or even acquaintances to talk to.
720 Days too many.
September 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
720 Days.
720 Days without sunlight.
720 Days without enough food.
720 Days relying on the people who put a gun to your head to keep you alive.
720 Days without family, friends, or even acquaintances to talk to.
720 Days too many.
720 Days without sunlight.
720 Days without enough food.
720 Days relying on the people who put a gun to your head to keep you alive.
720 Days without family, friends, or even acquaintances to talk to.
720 Days too many.
Although I'm not a member of the Rabbinical Assembly (the professional association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis), among recent statements on the current situation in Gaza the RA's statement today is the one with which I find myself most in agreement. www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/statem...
Statement on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and Freeing the Hostages
Statement on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza and Freeing the Hostages
www.rabbinicalassembly.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Although I'm not a member of the Rabbinical Assembly (the professional association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis), among recent statements on the current situation in Gaza the RA's statement today is the one with which I find myself most in agreement. www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/statem...
We talked about this opinion of yours just last Shabbat at our Torah study on Parashat Pinchas!
8. Lighting the Hanukkah candles in descending order is arguably less fun, but it parallels the order of bulls on Sukkot and that's more important dammit
July 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We talked about this opinion of yours just last Shabbat at our Torah study on Parashat Pinchas!
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I am tired of being gaslit about what a lot of activism for Palestine is really about: social license to be violent towards any Jew on the planet.
I am upset about Hamas's conduct, I would never beat a Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim with a chair because of it.
I am upset about Hamas's conduct, I would never beat a Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim with a chair because of it.
Palestinian arrested for assaulting rabbi with a chair at a Paris cafe https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-arrested-for-assaulting-rabbi-with-a-chair-at-a-paris-cafe/
Palestinian arrested for assaulting rabbi with a chair at a Paris cafe
Rabbi Elie Lemmel says this is the second time he has been assaulted in a week amid surge of post-Oct. 7 antisemitic attics
www.timesofisrael.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I am tired of being gaslit about what a lot of activism for Palestine is really about: social license to be violent towards any Jew on the planet.
I am upset about Hamas's conduct, I would never beat a Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim with a chair because of it.
I am upset about Hamas's conduct, I would never beat a Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim with a chair because of it.
Okay. This thread made my day.
June 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Okay. This thread made my day.
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We are horrified by the attack in Boulder targeting an event in support of the Israeli hostages. We are closely monitoring and will update as additional information is confirmed.
June 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We are horrified by the attack in Boulder targeting an event in support of the Israeli hostages. We are closely monitoring and will update as additional information is confirmed.
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Deporting a gay man to Russia is beyond horrific, and yet this admin is happy to do it.
And the verbal abuse he describes is abhorrent; and not new. Guards at detention centers, jails, and prisons get away with crap like this all the time. It’s appalling, it’s not new under Trump, just worse now.
And the verbal abuse he describes is abhorrent; and not new. Guards at detention centers, jails, and prisons get away with crap like this all the time. It’s appalling, it’s not new under Trump, just worse now.
May 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Deporting a gay man to Russia is beyond horrific, and yet this admin is happy to do it.
And the verbal abuse he describes is abhorrent; and not new. Guards at detention centers, jails, and prisons get away with crap like this all the time. It’s appalling, it’s not new under Trump, just worse now.
And the verbal abuse he describes is abhorrent; and not new. Guards at detention centers, jails, and prisons get away with crap like this all the time. It’s appalling, it’s not new under Trump, just worse now.
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Like many queer Russians Borisov fled Russia after the country's Supreme court declared "the LGBT movement" an "international terrorist organization," prompting mass arrests
EXCLUSIVE: Russian Dissident Says ICE Threatened Him With Rape if He Refused Deportation
After three months in Eloy Detention Center, Maksim Borisov faces deportation to Russia, where he says he’ll be tortured or killed. ICE told him U.S. prison would be worse.
migrantinsider.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Like many queer Russians Borisov fled Russia after the country's Supreme court declared "the LGBT movement" an "international terrorist organization," prompting mass arrests
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One of the things about the Ukraine war that is most misunderstood, particularly by isolationists, is the idea that if you abandon Ukraine that this settles the issue.
Thread incoming
Thread incoming
March 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of the things about the Ukraine war that is most misunderstood, particularly by isolationists, is the idea that if you abandon Ukraine that this settles the issue.
Thread incoming
Thread incoming
My colleague Rabbi Joshua Lesser has posted a profound reflection on the topic of AI. rabbijoshua.substack.com/p/aidolatry?...
AIdolatry
Worshipping at the Al Altar
rabbijoshua.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My colleague Rabbi Joshua Lesser has posted a profound reflection on the topic of AI. rabbijoshua.substack.com/p/aidolatry?...
A very nice and concise thread about Tu Bishevat.
Tonight Jews around the world celebrate Tu Bishvat - commonly explained as New Years for Trees. It's one of the lesser holidays and is often overlooked in more secular parts of the Jewish world. I like trees, so I like this holiday.
February 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A very nice and concise thread about Tu Bishevat.
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J Street cannot express strongly enough opposition to the ideas being put forward by President Trump regarding Gaza. There aren’t adequate words to express our disgust at the idea of forcible displacement of Palestinians with the assistance of the United States of America. 1/5
February 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
J Street cannot express strongly enough opposition to the ideas being put forward by President Trump regarding Gaza. There aren’t adequate words to express our disgust at the idea of forcible displacement of Palestinians with the assistance of the United States of America. 1/5
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What do you even say about this absurd & dangerous press conference?
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
What do you even say about this absurd & dangerous press conference?
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
Unfathomably horrific and cruel for Palestinians. So incredibly foolish re: US interests. And fundamentally at odds with Israel’s own future — because there is no Jewish, democratic Israel without Palestinian self-determination.
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It bears repeating and repeating ad nauseum: If you withheld support from Biden/Harris as a means of advocating for Palestinian nationhood and the aspirations of the Palestinian people and you did not see this moment coming: You are a performative, sloganeering and politically incompetent rube.
here's audio of Trump saying he wants to "clear out" Gaza and move Palestinians elsewhere
January 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It bears repeating and repeating ad nauseum: If you withheld support from Biden/Harris as a means of advocating for Palestinian nationhood and the aspirations of the Palestinian people and you did not see this moment coming: You are a performative, sloganeering and politically incompetent rube.
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*Jan. 6 pardons
*Draconian anti-immigrant EOs
*Nazi salutes
All of it is intended to normalize and embolden violent extremism. And all of it directly threatens Jews, so many other communities, and our very democracy.
If we can’t call this out, I really don’t know what we’re doing.
*Draconian anti-immigrant EOs
*Nazi salutes
All of it is intended to normalize and embolden violent extremism. And all of it directly threatens Jews, so many other communities, and our very democracy.
If we can’t call this out, I really don’t know what we’re doing.
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
*Jan. 6 pardons
*Draconian anti-immigrant EOs
*Nazi salutes
All of it is intended to normalize and embolden violent extremism. And all of it directly threatens Jews, so many other communities, and our very democracy.
If we can’t call this out, I really don’t know what we’re doing.
*Draconian anti-immigrant EOs
*Nazi salutes
All of it is intended to normalize and embolden violent extremism. And all of it directly threatens Jews, so many other communities, and our very democracy.
If we can’t call this out, I really don’t know what we’re doing.
It was a meaningful experience to attend the Send Off ceremony today for Duluth's 612 Engineer Detachment of the Army National Guard. These dedicated soldiers are heading to the Middle East to support Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS.
January 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It was a meaningful experience to attend the Send Off ceremony today for Duluth's 612 Engineer Detachment of the Army National Guard. These dedicated soldiers are heading to the Middle East to support Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS.
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
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“Throughout my life, rabbis, Jewish friends, and colleagues have always been there for me and my family, especially during tough times,” President Joe Biden said Monday night at his final White House Hanukkah party.
“Above all, they taught me one thing: we can never lose hope — hope, hope, hope.”
“Above all, they taught me one thing: we can never lose hope — hope, hope, hope.”
‘We can never lose hope’: Biden’s message to Jewish community at his final White House Hanukkah party
Among the guests at the Hanukkah reception were Hunter Biden, who was accompanied by his Jewish wife, Melissa Cohen Biden.
forward.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:12 PM
“Throughout my life, rabbis, Jewish friends, and colleagues have always been there for me and my family, especially during tough times,” President Joe Biden said Monday night at his final White House Hanukkah party.
“Above all, they taught me one thing: we can never lose hope — hope, hope, hope.”
“Above all, they taught me one thing: we can never lose hope — hope, hope, hope.”
Happy to welcome Rabbi Ricky Kamil (a Chaplain in the Minnesota Army National Guard) and Stewart Mednick (Commander of the Minnesota Jewish War Veterans organization) to my congregation as guest speakers for this evening's Shabbat service to begin shortly.
December 13, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Happy to welcome Rabbi Ricky Kamil (a Chaplain in the Minnesota Army National Guard) and Stewart Mednick (Commander of the Minnesota Jewish War Veterans organization) to my congregation as guest speakers for this evening's Shabbat service to begin shortly.
The people of South Korea were heroes today.
December 4, 2024 at 6:02 AM
The people of South Korea were heroes today.
Shame on Rep. Mace.
This is a proposed law targeting exactly one person: Incoming trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride of Delaware. Nancy Mace is a transphobic, hateful troll who voted with teen rapist Matt Gaetz to depose her own party’s speaker, but the bathrooms. That’s where she’s focused.
November 19, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Shame on Rep. Mace.