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Herb Brockman

Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden, Connecticut, and longtime interfaith social justice leader in the New Haven area.

Oct 2, 2026

9:14
So what does it keep to keep this going from the community portion? Like a-
9:17
Steve actually was the one that called me and got me involved in it after I retired.
9:21
And-
11:29
And what's the pitch, Herb?
11:30
The pitch for me is that 2,000 years ago in the Jewish tradition, there were a, a statement that the rabbis in the Talmud wrote that you cannot live in a community that doesn't provide 10 things.
11:43
And among those 10 things, besides a rabbi and a synagogue [laughs] and all of that, which is very important, uh, is healthcare.
11:51
Community, universal community healthcare was one of the 10 things that the rabbis 2,000 years ago said, and I wanted to live in that kind of community.
12:01
And when I found out it existed and that other people didn't know about it, I committed myself to join.

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