Rabbi Richard Jacobs

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Supporting Rabbi Richard Jacobs

To the Editor: We are past presidents and leaders of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the largest and oldest rabbinical organization in the world. We are ardent Zionists, deeply committed to a Jewish democratic State of Israel in secure and recognized borders. Some of us identify ourselves with J Street, others with AIPAC and […]

By JTA Mailman May 5, 2011 8:15 pm

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Jacobs too left to lead Reform

To the Editor: The one thing that you don’t mention in your piece about Richard Jacobs is the elephant in the room: His appointment represents a sharp turn to the political left for the Reform movement. A member of J Street’s Rabbinical Cabinet, and an enthusiastic supporter of its program, Rabbi Jacobs is proud to […]

March 24, 2011 6:48 pm

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Questions on Rabbi Jacobs’ NIF affiliation

To the Editor: The man tapped to lead the Reform movement is a board member of the New Israel Fund? Is that the same NIF that provided funding for the anti-Israel Goldstone Report that accused Israel of war crimes and support for Adalah, which accuses Israel of implementing apartheid? Did Rabbi Jacobs distance himself from […]

March 24, 2011 6:35 pm

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Rabbi Richard Jacobs

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Jacobs too left to lead Reform

Questions on Rabbi Jacobs’ NIF affiliation

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

Supporting Rabbi Richard Jacobs

Jacobs too left to lead Reform

Questions on Rabbi Jacobs’ NIF affiliation

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

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