Category Archives: American Jews

Stick to summer camps, Rabbi Jacobs

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

A few days ago, I wrote a post about the former head of the Reform Movement’s lack of respect for the new President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin. I objected to the typically American mixture of “ignorance of Israeli security issues, … Continue reading →

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The new President of Israel deserves respect

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Reuven ‘Ruby’ Rivlin has been elected President of Israel, and it warms my heart to see an admirer of Jabotinsky replace the dangerous Shimon Peres, about whom the best I can say is “at least he’s not a convicted rapist.” … Continue reading →

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The rabbi has things backwards

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Here is a snippet from a dvar Torah by Rabbi Laurie Rice, which the Reform movement sent to its “Ten Minutes of Torah” email list. The piece was about standing up for moral but unpopular positions, as Calev and Yehoshua … Continue reading →

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The only thing J Street got right

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

I have just returned from a showing of the film The J Street Challenge: The Seductive Allure of Peace in our time. If you haven’t seen it, you should. Here is the trailer: The film made a lot of good … Continue reading →

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American Jews: don’t be friars!

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

J Street is to Zionism what Jews for Jesus are to Judaism — Caroline Glick The first time I visited Israel, I had this conversation: Israeli: Don’t be a friar. Me: A what? Israeli: A friar. You know. How can … Continue reading →

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