Rabbi Andrew Sacks directs the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel and the Masorti Movement’s Bureau for Religious Affairs
Andrew Sacks
By Andrew Sacks
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Community We Deserve Better Than Corruption And Malice From The Ultra-Orthodox
In a recent story reported in the Forward by Jesse Bernstein, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri makes the claim that Reform Jews who oppose the new draconian Conversion Law in Israel that would invalidate Masorti/Conservative, Reform and independent Orthodox conversions performed in Israel are motivated by “a desire to convert illegal African immigrants and promote intermarriage.”…
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Opinion Calls for Respect Don’t Pay Non-Orthodox Rabbis’ Bills
Why do so many of us rabbis seem so invested in whether Israeli President Moshe Katsav addresses Reform and Conservative rabbis by their title? So what if he insists on not giving due recognition to the Reform movement’s Rabbi Eric Yoffie. And so what if he then turns around and assures Rabbi Jerry Epstein that…
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