Eric Yoffie

Reuven Rivlin, Israeli presidential front-runner, champions pluralism in politics but not Judaism

The former Knesset speaker, hailed as a defender of democratic norms, has compared Reform Judaism to “idol worship.”

Rabbis urge Congress to back Obama on Syria

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah an array of leading rabbis covering the religious and political spectrum urged lawmakers in Congress to support President Obama’s plans to strike Syria to stop its use of chemical weapons.

At Reform biennial, energy, Obama and handwringing over the next generation

As the Reform movement looks beyond its largest biennial conference in history, the question of how to stem the exodus of young Jews looms large.

Lifestyle

At Reform biennial, changes at the top, but focus on the grass roots

Lifestyle

Jewish atheists look for their place in Jewish life

Ideas

Supporting Rabbi Richard Jacobs

United States

How should Jews respond to bin Laden’s death?

United States

For new Reform leader Richard Jacobs, big tent movement is the idea

Lifestyle

Reform leaders push new image of strong, growing Israel movement

United States

Reform looking at ways to reinvent the movement

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