Rick Jacobs
It’s not a merger! Reform and Conservative are just collaborating
We are collaborating not with the goal of merging into one, but rather to make one another stronger.
It’s Time To Stop Lecturing And Start Listening To Young Jews
Jewish teens and young adults are not just tomorrow’s leaders. In so many ways, they are already leading us. If only we would listen to them.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Israel Turning Away BDS Supporter Ariel Gold Was ‘Disgraceful’
Rabbi Rick Jacobs responds to Ariel Gold’s son, stating unequivocally: I think Israel turning away your mother was disgraceful and a mistake.
URJ’s Hopes And Concerns About Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
Rabbi Jacobs wonders: Is our relationship with our Israeli siblings, like that of Joseph and his brothers, in the pits?
How To Talk Politics at Your Family Seder Without Killing Each Other
Intimate gatherings can make for pointed arguments that detract from the joy of the holiday, especially in an election year. But that doesn’t mean we should avoid prickly subjects.
Intermarriage Is Fact of Jewish Life — Not Disease
Intermarriage is a reality of American life. Instead of treating intermarriage like a ‘disease,’ Rabbi Rick Jacobs trumpets the success of outreach to secure Jewish future.
Unholy Alliance of Orthodox Judaism and Political Power Harms Israeli Democracy
Israel should be Jewish but not Orthodox. No branch of the faith should hold political power, nor should the state take religious authority upon itself.
Time for Israel To Change Stance Toward Jewish Women
How ironic it is that Israel is the only democracy in the world that embraces legal discrimination against the streams of Judaism that embrace equality of women.