Rabbi Cosgrove: Israel's Just War (October 21, 2023)
Rabbi Cosgrove Sermons
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Is Israel fighting a just war? Rabbi Cosgrove reviews the Jewish laws of war to provide us with a vocabulary for understanding and defending Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attack of October 7.
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