Religion, Hypocrisy, and Obamacare
“Now, when you die and get to the meeting with St. Peter, he’s probably not going to ask you much about what you did about keeping government small. But he is going to...
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Coercion and Judaism don’t mix – especially not in Israel
Memo to American Jewish liberals: [tweet_box]Church-state separation on the American model cannot exist in the State of Israel.[/tweet_box] Rabbi Avi Shafran was right...
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The Cynical Politics of Conversion in Israel
Wherever you look right now in the Jewish press, you find distressing stories about conversion to Judaism – and about the ugly politics of the conversion process....
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Is Pulpit Endorsement of Candidates the next Hobby Lobby?
Electioneering from the pulpit is a very bad idea, but champions of this particular bad idea seem to feel that its time has come. Let’s hope, for the sake of religion...
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God of the left and of the right, forgive us on Yom Kippur
With Kol Nidre approaching, now is the time to suggest that this year, all Jews who see Israel as a central part of their Jewish belief and practice need to approach...
Read MoreAbout Eric Yoffie
Rabbi Eric Yoffie is a writer, lecturer, and internationally-known religious leader. A bold, compelling, and inspiring speaker, he has presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos and has appeared on Fox news, CNN, and many other news outlets. He writes regularly for Time, The Huffington Post, The Jerusalem Post and the Israeli daily Haaretz. He speaks on a wide-range of topics.
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What Five Books Should You Read To Be An Educated Jew?
(Credit: Moment Magazine Summer 2019)
