Dr. Richard Lederman serves as adjunct professor in the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University. Before returning to academia, Lederman spent nearly 30 years as a Jewish communal professional, most recently as Director of Public Policy and Social Action for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
Richard Lederman
By Richard Lederman
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There has come to be an almost Henny Penny “the sky is falling” array of pronouncements in the media portending a deteriorating relationship between Israel and American Jewry. Writing in the Forward, editor-in-chief Jane Eisner has described the divergence of political, social and cultural values that divide the two communities, particularly in response to the…
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