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Rabbi Vernon Kurtz: “The innocence, serenity, peace and quiet of Highland Park may be gone forever”

TIMES OF ISRAEL May you be comforted, my beloved Highland Park Rabbi Vernon Kurtz July 7, 2022 For 31 years, I had the privilege of serving as senior rabbi of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park, Illinois. Those … Continue reading

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Rabbi Vernon Kurtz: “Just when we thought life was getting back to normal here things changed very quickly”

KOL BETH EL WEEKLY Rabbi Kurtz Report From Israel May 2021 …Two requests: Don’t let the media or the general public get away with equivalency arguments. Israel is using surgical strikes to attempt to destroy the Hamas and Islamic Jihad … Continue reading

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Chicago’s Rabbi Vernon Kurtz recently toured an advanced catheterization lab at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem, unaware that weeks later he’d be their patient

TIMES OF ISRAEL A Bump in the Road by Rabbi Vernon Kurtz August 25, 2019 A rather startling thing happened to me on my way to write a blog of our visit with our grandchildren to Mt. Herzl during Herzl … Continue reading

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