ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Senior Reform rabbi warns of ‘devastating’ rift because of anti-Israel sentiment
Ariel Kahana
June 6, 2023

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, delivered the keynote address at the Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism Conference in late May. The conference convened “thought leaders, Jewish scholars, philanthropists, and committed lay leaders from throughout the US and Canada for an extraordinary opportunity to assess this crossroads moment and offer a call for a bright future.” In part, this was designed to address “the growing distance between North American liberal Jews and Israel, and their fraying connection with the concept of Jewish peoplehood.” READ MORE