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Mon,May 14,2012
22 Iyyar 5772
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Reform Reflections
Thursday May 10, 2012
Avigdor Liberman is right. There are two issues that will tell us what kind of a government Israel now has.
It will not take long. Decisions will be made quickly. And then we will know.
The first issue is the replacement legislation for the Tal Law. That some legislation will be passed is a foregone conclusion. The Supreme Court decision overturning Tal requires it, and public opinion demands it....
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Tuesday Apr 24, 2012
Prime Minister Netanyahu, this is the time for courage. You face a decision nearly as momentous, and in some ways much more momentous, than the decisions you must make about Iran and about peace with the Palestinians. And while on Iran and peace the people of Israel are divided, on this matter they are not: 85% of Israelis—an unheard of majority—agree that the time for action has come.
I am referring to...
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Monday Apr 09, 2012
I’ll say this for Peter Beinart: he’s a marketing genius. I don’t remember the last time that the author of a book on Israel and Jewish affairs received such media exposure. Not only the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, but—far more important for reaching the younger generation—the Stephen Colbert show.
I have refrained from commenting on Beinart because I had not read The...
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Tuesday Mar 27, 2012
It’s time to fight for the Zionist dream. And it’s time to give some thought to what that dream is—and what it’s not.
During the recent hostilities in southern Israel, the image that caught my attention was the picture of terrified Israeli schoolgirls cowering behind the school bus that they had just evacuated and looking to the sky for missiles launched from Gaza. That image has remained...
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Tuesday Mar 13, 2012
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over the actions of the Florida legislature. Prompted by ZOA and other right wing Jewish groups, the legislature has recognized Israel’s right to rule over the entire West Bank and has called for uniting Israel and the territories “under one law for all people.”
This language, of course, is exactly and precisely the language used by the “one-state”...
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About This Blog
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie is the outgoing president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie is the outgoing president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
