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Joe Millis

Opinion

Proper Zionism, not ventriloquist dummies.

April 28, 2011 09:54
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http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/the_zionism_of_richard_jaco...

Lovers of Israel with a range of political commitments should welcome with enthusiasm that the mantle of leadership of the Reform Movement will go to a man who cares deeply about Jewish learning, Jewish creativity and Jewish unity. They should decry tawdry attempts to sully the integrity of a good man. Rabbi Jacobs is a model of constructive engagement. At a time of rampant confusion and galloping alienation, the tactics of witch-hunting and demagoguery are not what we need. The leadership epitomized by Rabbi Richard Jacobs is.

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