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Jul 22, 2024, 3:34 PM

If only Netanyahu would say this to Congress

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

How the PM could use his speech to commit to a hostage deal and repair the damage he’s caused to the US-Israel relationship

Jan 7, 2020, 12:57 AM

The rising tide of anti-Semitism threatens more than Jewish lives

Rabbi Rick Jacobs addressing the Solidarity Rally in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 5, 2020. (Theo Hansen/Union for Reform Judaism)

It is irrefutable: We are undergoing an explosion of hate in the United States, which includes a dramatic increase in violent anti-Semitic attacks. And our Jewish community must cease being distracted by the debate about whether the uptick in...

Sep 29, 2015, 3:39 PM

Why Pope Francis has given religion a good name again

The pontiff is a true religious leader who chooses simplicity and modesty over papal splendor

Apr 29, 2014, 2:13 PM

Why I support J Street joining the Conference of Presidents (Hint: It’s Not about J Street)

Illustrative: Vice President Joe Biden, with Richard Stone, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 2012. (Joshua Roberts)

The Conference of Presidents must represent the entire US Jewish community without ideological litmus tests

Feb 6, 2014, 12:22 AM

Outreach to interfaith families strengthens the Jewish future

Reaching out to interfaith families strengthens the Jewish future

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About Me

Rabbi Rick Jacobs is president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the congregational arm of the Reform Jewish Movement in North America