John L. Rosove is Rab­bi Emer­i­tus of Tem­ple Israel of Hol­ly­wood, a nation­al co-chair of the Rab­binic and Can­to­r­i­al Cab­i­net of J Street, past Nation­al Chair­man of the Asso­ci­a­tion of Reform Zion­ists of Amer­i­ca, author of Why Judaism Mat­ters (2019), Why Israel and its Future Mat­ters (2023 revised edi­tion), and a blog­ger at www​.rab​bi​john​rosove​.word​press​.com and https://blogs.timesofisrael. com/au­thor/john-l-rosove/.