Behind The Ballot Box: On Gun Violence (with Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Dorian Karp)

With Election Day rapidly approaching, there are many issues of concern to each voter before they cast their ballot. But the Jewish voter is not monolithic. In each episode of “Behind the Ballot Box: Jewish Values and Our Vote,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky speaks to rabbis and Jewish communal professionals about a specific issue at stake in this election and why they believe it should be front and center in the minds of voters.

Host Rabbi Jesse Olitzky of Congregation Beth El in South Orange, NJ speaks with Rabbi Menachem Creditor, founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence and the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar-in-Residence at UJA-Federation New York, and Dorian Karp, Senior Advocacy and Policy Manager at Jewish Women International, about Gun Violence and Mass Shootings in this country. This discuss going up against the NRA, the challenges of the iron pipeline, gun sale loopholes, and why idol worship in this country leads to children using weapons of war. Listen to their conversation to see what is at stake in November’s election and how Judaism obligates us to make sure we do not stand idly by when we see the bloodshed of another.

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