Reuven Rivlin: Israeli president should ‘bridge conflicts, not create conflicts’ Israeli presidential candidate Reuven Rivlin has signaled recently that should he be elected, his goal will be to embrace non-Orthodox Jewish communities rather than antagonize them.
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.”
Reuven Rivlin on Reform Judaism in 1989: ‘Idol worship and not Judaism’ Likud MK and Israeli presidential candidate Reuven Rivlin hasn’t had the kindest words for Reform Judaism.