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Why are American Jews so shocked by Israel’s far-right turn?
26 Apr 2023 02:26 GMT
… democracy, many American Jews, including major Jewish organizations, seemed … Jews. How could Israel, who ousted the racist rabbi … Science of Judaism) to deny the continuity of Jewish apocalypticism. … rabbis Rick Jacobs and Eric Yoffie, who often write about …
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Tikkun olam and tikkun Yisrael: Notion that Jewish people should help each other
19 Mar 2023 01:07 GMT
… people. Throughout history, Jews have contributed not … Jewish people is a gene that pushes each Jew … to Reform Judaism,” Rabbi Marla Feldman quoted Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s … February 1998 speech to the UAHC Executive Committee, “Reform Jews …
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138 American Jewish groups oppose Israeli minister visit to US
07 Mar 2023 19:00 GMT
… the US Jewish community.
"As American Jews committed to … encompasses Israeli and Diaspora Jewish communities," reads the … by pro-Israel lobbyist, Eric Yoffie, include a pause in … Reform rabbi and President Emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism, …
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Could Nikki Haley be the first Republican to win the Jewish vote for president? Fortune-seekers hunt down Nazi treasure map, arrest made in N.J. synagogue attack, George Santos sings 'Hallelujah,' Paul Rudd invests in bagel shop, and the secret …
02 Feb 2023 13:07 GMT
… 169 prominent American Jews, including former leaders of major Jewish organizations, called … Nazi. “Through my support of Judaism,” he said, “I hope to … to right: Laura E. Adkins, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, Rabbi Mark S. Golub, Dovid Efune …
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Prominent Jewish leaders add to drumbeat of criticism of Israel’s new government
01 Feb 2023 21:53 GMT
… prominent American Jews, including former leaders of major mainstream Jewish organizations, called … College; Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the former president of the Union for Reform Judaism; Rabbi David …
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169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government
02 Feb 2023 02:41 GMT
… descendants of Jews who are not themselves Jewish.
The statement … conflict, including through tropes regarding Jewish power.
“Accusations of antisemitism … Union for Reform Judaism president emeritus Eric Yoffie, Jewish Theological Seminary chancellor …
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Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel and the Jews, dies at 85
14 Jun 2022 23:08 GMT
… appearance at the American Jewish Committee’s 2006 centennial … of the Jewish state have a significant Jewish identity,” … the quintessential Diaspora organization.
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, then the leader … emerged from the Jewish Diaspora or disappeared into …
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Essay: Why ‘Zoom Judaism’ will Fade, and Synagogues will Thrive
21 Oct 2021 13:43 GMT
What will Jewish life be post-pandemic?
Jews will run back to the … apparent. Most American Jews no longer live in Jewish neighborhoods. They no … — practicing Judaism face to face, and not on the screen.
Eric Yoffie is …
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The Last Few Years Have Spelled a Resounding End to the ‘Jewish Vote’
30 Nov 2020 10:36 GMT
… congressional district aside, Jewish votes rarely matter much. Jews constitute about 2 … shenanigans, this self-proclaimed “richest Jew in the world” devotes hundreds … . As Rabbi Eric Yoffie, a former president of the Union for Reform Judaism, wrote …
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If You’re a Jew, Don’t Support Trump
19 Sep 2020 22:11 GMT
… . Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once said that living a Jewish life requires … argument disregards the suffering that Jews have endured as a consequence … of the Union for Reform Judaism Eric Yoffie has gone so far as …