Posted by Eric Yoffie on Mar 26, 2024 in By Eric, Haaretz |
This week Israel’s Cabinet is planning to discuss, and possibly approve, a contentious bill that would continue to exempt ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from being...
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Posted by Eric Yoffie on Jan 21, 2024 in By Eric, Haaretz |
Most U.S. Jews and Israelis oppose an unconditional cease-fire. But how should we respond to the young American Jews who vociferously criticize Israel’s...
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Posted by Eric Yoffie on Nov 13, 2023 in By Eric, Haaretz |
At a time when antisemitism is exploding in America and Israel faces an existential threat, why would Trump’s Jewish apologists back a Putin sycophant susceptible...
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Posted by Eric Yoffie on Oct 10, 2023 in Articles, By Eric |
This article was published in The Times of Israel on October 10, 2023. I offer five observations on the response of American Jews to recent events in Israel. 1. When...
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Posted by Eric Yoffie on Sep 8, 2023 in By Eric, Haaretz |
With the Hebrew month of Tishrei fast approaching, every rabbi in America is agonizing over their sermon topics for the upcoming High Holy Days. What is in store for...
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Posted by Eric Yoffie on Jul 24, 2023 in By Eric, Haaretz |
A version of the below article appeared in Haaretz on July 24, 2023. The moral collapse of Israeli Orthodoxy is at the heart of Israel’s current crisis. To be sure,...
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