Reform Jewish leaders have politicized Reform Judaism The politicization of the Reform movement does nothing but divide the community and push people away. Naomi Grant May 22, 2024
Reform movement leader likens Ben-Gvir to David Duke “He’s someone who has made a career out of hatred and encouraging violence,” said Reform Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Otzma Yehudit leader. Nov. 21, 2022
Jewish organizations’ shamefully tepid response to the Gaza war Equating Israel’s sovereign obligation to defend its citizens from the rain of terrorist rockets gives credence to the morally unjustifiable. Andrew D. Lappin May 25, 2021
Reform movement denounces its own ‘West Bank settlers’ Some of Tzur Hadassah’s residents are in a pickle: Either they accept the apartheid-like implications of the Union for Reform Judaism’s position—by refusing to drive on certain roads, ride on certain buses or buy houses on certain streets—or they risk being denounced by their own religious leaders. Stephen M. Flatow Feb. 16, 2021
Jewish critics of Israel have a problem with Israelis, not with Netanyahu The willingness of major groups and denominations to try to undermine the choice of Israel’s voters calls into question their belief in and respect for democracy. Jonathan S. Tobin April 15, 2019
How one raid tells all you need to know about Israel’s predicament You wouldn’t think that one isolated Israeli counter-terror raid could explode every major myth about Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian Arabs. But last week’s raid in Jenin came pretty close to doing just that. Stephen M. Flatow Jan. 22, 2018
Longtime Jewish supporters of peace process: Abbas disqualified as negotiating partner Some prominent Jewish proponents of the decades-long peace process between Israelis and Palestinians now claim that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s controversial speech on Jan. 14 disqualifies him as a negotiating partner, while other dovish Jewish leaders are accusing the Trump administration of provoking the Palestinian leader. Rafael Medoff Jan. 19, 2018
