Joshua M. Davidson
By Joshua M. Davidson
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Opinion As a rabbi, I’ve never confronted a topic as tricky as Trump
Talking politics from the pulpit has never been easy. That doesn't mean it's not important
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Opinion Letter | Of course Jews are indigenous to Israel
Dear Editor, Regarding the Forward’s recent article highlighting my colleague’s Twitter posting, “Are Jews ‘indigenous’ to Israel? One rabbi said ‘no’ on Twitter – and went viral” — I disagree with Rabbi Kahn’s statement in both its facts and its effects, nor does it speak for Temple Emanu-El. Beyond the Bible, numerous historians argue the…
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Opinion I Was Roughed Up At The Western Wall — For Being A Reform Jew
Thursday was quite a day for Reform Judaism in Jerusalem. A delegation of our movement’s leaders, which included the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on which I sit, gathered for morning prayers in the archaeological park outside the Western Wall plaza. The occasion was the ordination, later in the…
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