Precursor to Rosh Hashanah: American and Israeli Jews call Out Netanyahu
Former Deputy Head of Israel’s National Security Council, Eran Etzion, was unequivocal in his declaration, “Netanyahu no longer represents Israel.”
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On the Ground: Protesting the Israeli Occupation and Bibi
Rabbi Jill Jacobs of T’ruah gave the final speech. An article in Haaretz recently profiled her as one of the new female leaders challenging the entrenched structure of the male Jewish legacy organizations. She told the demonstrators, “It’s important for me to be here. We’re dealing with a settler government. Occupation is destroying Judaism.” She referenced the Biblical metaphor: “A calf doesn’t have to be golden. It can be a state.”
