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On his recent trip to Israel as part of the Conference of Presidents solidarity mission, URJ President Rabbi Rick Jacobs visited a number of our Reform communities. One of the places he spent time was K’far Aza, where he talked to Chen Abrahams, Director of Development and Overseas Relations at the IMPJ.  In the video [...]

Shabbat Shalom to all, This evening the bombing found me in Tel Aviv in Beit Daniel. As I was carrying on with my work and talking to people in the office, we heard a siren. You could see on everyone’s faces that no one knew if to take is seriously or not. After a few [...]

By Rabbi John Rosove In my introductory remarks to the Peter Beinart-David Suissa debate at Temple Israel of Hollywood last Wednesday evening (May 16), I said the following to help give political context to what we would be hearing from each speaker: In a thoughtful piece published this past week, Professor Shaul Magid of Indiana [...]

by Rabbi Ira Youdovin former ARZA Executive Director and current chair of ARZA’s Rabbinic Cabinet Televised images of Gaza, Israel’s security barrier and alleged mistreatment of the Palestinians have undermined the Jewish State’s standing in world opinion. CNN footage from Haiti tells a very different story, and reveals much about Israel’s soul, and the circumstances under which [...]

This past Tuesday, Israelis went to the polls to elect a new prime minister, and Tzipi Livni’s moderate Kadima Party won a one-seat victory in the Israeli Parliament over Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line Likud Party. Kadima will get 28 seats in the 120-seat parliament and Likud 27, far less than the 61-seat majority needed to govern [...]

by Rabbi Bob Orkand, President of ARZAAs we approach the new year we are focused, once again, on the violence in Gaza. We pray for a quick end to the military action launched by Israel against Hamas and we agonize over the death of innocent civilians on both sides of the border. As usual, Israel’s [...]