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'War' With Ultra-Orthodox Over Western Wall? Bring It On

By Eric Yoffie

'War' With Ultra-Orthodox Over Western Wall? Bring It On
After shocking attacks on women praying at the Kotel, American Jews are galvanized as never before. If the ultra-Orthodox wish to escalate the ‘war,’ so be it.Read More


W. Gunter Plaut, Noted Reform Scholar

By Eric Yoffie

W. Gunter Plaut, Noted Reform Scholar
Gunther Plaut taught Torah to the Jewish people and was teacher to a grateful Reform movement. The movement mourns his passing with profound sorrow.Read More


An Appeal to My Muslim Friends

By Eric Yoffie

I need your help and your reassurance. This is, I know, a time of great uncertainty in large stretches of the Muslim world. The Middle East is in turmoil. Dictators have been toppled, others cling desperately to power, and demonstrators fill the streets and the squares of the Arab world to demand freedom.Read More


Getting Serious About Iran

By Eric Yoffie

Getting Serious About Iran
In 1967, I was a contented sophomore at Brandeis University. Then, in May of that year, I watched in horror and dismay as Arab nations massed troops on Israel’s border and the nations of the West, including the United States, responded with studied indifference.Read More


How Not To Protect the Jewish State

By Eric Yoffie

During his recent visit to the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his demand that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state should be a precondition for talks aimed at achieving a peace settlement. While such a request might seem reasonable — after all, Israel is a Jewish state — it is actually a serious mistake.Read More







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