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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Eric Yoffie

In this Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, file photo, a Jewish woman wears a prayer shawl as she prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
July 23, 2015, 3:49 am
Liberal Diaspora locked in religious wrangle with Orthodox Israel
As Conservative and Reform Israelis seek gains, Netanyahu knows that appeasing ultra-Orthodox factions risks further alienating American Jews
By Tia Goldenberg
Reuven Rivlin (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 2, 2014, 10:23 pm
Rivlin champions pluralism in politics but not Judaism
Israeli presidential front-runner and former Knesset speaker has made disparaging remarks against Reform Judaism in the past
By Ben Sales
Rabbis Judy Schindler, Rick Jacobs and Eric Yoffie, previous President of the URJ, at Jacobs' installation. (photo credit: Clark Jones, Courtesy the Union for Reform Judaism)
September 5, 2013, 1:36 am
US rabbis urge Congress to back Obama on Syria
Missive to lawmakers on Rosh Hashanah eve calls for military action to help save thousands of lives
By JTA
Mendy Boteach
April 30, 2013, 1:01 pm
Mendy Boteach
Chabad’s pathway to real commitment
Charges that Chabad offers quick-fix, superficial Judaism miss the wisdom of encouraging gradual observance of mitzvot
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meet in Jerusalem in 2010 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
April 4, 2013, 3:32 am
US Jews urge Israel to take ‘confidence-building steps’ for talks
Citing Obama’s March trip to Israel, 100 prominent US Jewish leaders call on Benjamin Netanyahu to ‘demonstrate commitment’ to peace
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Alan Schneider, the director of the Bnai Brith World Center in Jerusalem, speaking at the opening session of an interfaith consultation outside Jerusalem. To his left is Rev. Paul Wilkinson, to his right are Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Petra Heldt, the director of the Ecumenical Theological Research Fraternity in Israel (photo credit: Yehoshua Deston)
November 9, 2012, 5:07 am
At interfaith meet in Jerusalem, a grim picture of Jewish-Protestant relations
After US Jews scrapped a Jewish-Christian roundtable over an anti-Israel letter to Congress, visiting Protestant minister bemoans ‘Goliath’ of religious anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
June 12, 2012, 11:09 am
Rabbi Rick Jacobs installed as URJ president
Succeeds Rabbi Eric Yoffie who has held the position since 1996
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