JERUSALEM POST
A promise that should be kept
by Jonathan Greenberg
April 25, 2016

…When Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the current head of the Union for Reform Judaism, was appointed to his post in 2011, much was made of his leftwing associations on the issues surrounding Zionism and Israel. A member of the board of New Israel Fund and J Street’s rabbinic cabinet, Jacobs’ appointment was immediately and loudly criticized by some supporters of Israel in and out of the Reform movement. While a number of Reform luminaries leapt to his defense, perceptions formed during that awkward public debut remain. This past weekend, Rabbi Jacobs spoke to the annual conference of J Street U, the college arm of J Street. He was asked an interesting question and his answer deserves more attention than it has gotten: I’d love to hear the long answer. READ MORE