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Clergy strive to reconcile politically divided congregations

Rabbi David Wolpe speaks to congregants at Sinai Temple Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Los Angeles. “It is not easy to keep people comfortable with each other and as part of one community,” he says. “A great failing of modern American society is that people get to know each other’s politics before they get to know their humanity.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Rabbi David Wolpe speaks to congregants at Sinai Temple Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Los Angeles. One member of Rabbi David Wolpe’s diverse congregation left because Wolpe would not preach sermons criticizing Donald Trump. Scores of others left over resentment with the synagogue’s rules for combating COVID-19. But Wolpe remains steadfast in his resolve to avoid politics when he preaches. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)