by Rabbi Pesach Lerner | Jul 28, 2026 | Op-Eds, Headlines
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post At its recent Board of Governors gathering (June 2026), the Jewish Agency for Israel issued a statement declaring that “a diverse, pluralistic and tolerant Judaism has been and remains one of the cornerstones of Zionism.” It...
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner | Sep 18, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner, The Times of Israel Regarding “Jewish schools must obey the law” I am thankful that Rabbi Eric Yoffie, Past President of the American Reform movement, is so concerned for the education of Hasidic school children. He not only advocates for the...
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner | Jan 7, 2021 | Human Rights, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner, The Jewish Press I’ve been asked dozens of times over the past two weeks how I felt when I heard that Jonathan and Esther Pollard landed at Ben Gurion Airport early Wednesday morning. Truth be told, I knew more than a week earlier of their...