Rabbi Yoffie: No Alliances With Hagee, Christian Zionists
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, gave an important speech last night warning of the dangers of a political alliance with Christian Zionists such as Pastor John Hagee.
Speaking to the annual convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Rabbi Yoffie argued, first, that “Jews should not enter into alliances of any kind with those who do not speak respectfully of other faith communities.” But the heart of his argument was that
We
should avoid alliances with Christian Zionists because what they mean by
support of
The full text of Rabbi
Yoffie’s speech is available here.
The speech has begun to receive
extensive press coverage, including a JTA story (which also highlights Rabbis Yoffie’s criticism
of the Palestinians), an AP
report, and a particularly good piece by Shmuel Rosner
in Haaertz.