US Reform leader Jacobs at Tel Aviv protest: US and Canadian Jews are ‘very concerned’

25 February 2023, 9:09 pm

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Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs speaks at a protest against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Screenshot)

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks from the main stage of the anti-government protest in Tel Aviv.

“We in the US and Canada are very concerned about the judicial overhaul that will change Israel’s democracy beyond recognition,” Jacobs says in Hebrew. “We are used to standing by Israel when it is threatened, but now Israel is also being threatened… we will invest efforts together with you to fight for the character of the State of Israel and in the name of Judaism we will protect democracy.”