Thank you to Ben-Zion Friedman for sharing this summary and issues raised in the discussion at Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s 65 + Connection Group’s recent viewing of the film “The Attack.” Spoiler Alert… “The Attack ” tells the fictional story of the heartbreak of an Israeli-Arab doctor, Amin. The movie is...
Last month, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center, circulated the important letter below, supporting the rights of Bedouins in Israel. This week, Haaretz included this update. Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism whose nearly 900 congregations encompass more than...
The Jerusalem District Court considered the main grounds that police cite for detaining members of Women of the Wall, the interdenominational feminist group that gathers monthly for prayers a the Western Wall and concluded that there was no justification for the detention of five women earlier this month, and that the...
In celebration of Yom Ha-atzme-ut, Israel’s Independence Day, on Monday (4/15/13) Reform Congregation Kehillat Yozma, in Modi’in, Israel will provide a live broadcast of their Havdalah ceremony to conclude Israel’s Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) and begin Yom HaAtzmaut, led by Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon of Kehillat Yozma in Hebrew and English, prayers...
We are so proud of our teenagers who are traveling in Israel right now and we are grateful to Rabbi Eli Freedman and Laurel Klein for leading the trip! Keep up with their adventures: rsisraeltrip.wordpress.com
By Rabbi Eli Freedman, sermon delivered Yom Kippur Morning 2011 I’m not Thomas Friedman. Yes, we have the same last name, although he spells it wrong, but that is the end of the similarities. Why do I say this? Because Pulitzer Prize winning, New York Times “Foreign Affairs” Correspondent Thomas...
Join Summer Rabbinic Intern Josh Franklin at Lunch and Learn this week, to discuss: What Does It Mean to Be a Zionist? Review and continue last week’s discussion: Zionism, the move toward a physical return of the Jewish people to a homeland, has resonated in the Jewish mind for thousands of years....
by Deborah Gordon Klehr, presented at Shabbat Services, July 29 I have long felt a deep connection to Israel. Although I had been there on family trips several times already, it was my trip in 1994, when I studied in Israel on a high school program that was especially meaningful....
On May 3rd, Daniel Gordis addressed the “J-Street Leadership Mission to Israel and Palestine.” His remarks that day are the basis for this May 27, 2011 The Jerusalem Post column, “In the Tent, or Out: That is Still the J-Street Question.” Good morning and welcome to Jerusalem. It’s a pleasure...
Rachel Lerner’s Remarks: These have been some very eventful weeks when it comes to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, the future of a peace agreement and the U.S.-Israel relationship. I’d like to talk a bit about J Street – who we are, what we do and why we do it, and...
