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Rabbi Mark S Miller served as Senior Rabbi of Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Beach, California, for thirty-five years. He is now Rabbi Emeritus of the Reform congregation. He has long supported Israel's right to determine its own destiny, free of interference by Diaspora Jews.

Reform Judaism and audacious superficiality

The cri de coeur of the recent Union for Reform Judaism convention was “Audacious Hospitality.” Audacity sounds so appealing, as......

Rabbis married to gentiles?

Sitting next to a Chasid on an airplane, our conversation turned to matters of faith and practice. Toward the end of the flight he asked me, in wonderment and......

Better a closed mouth than an open letter

A commenter to my recent post, upbraiding those Jews who seek to rescue Israel from itself through public criticism, chastised me and those of my “ilk.” I was both......

When evil is in the eyes of the beholder

I was invited by a friend to address his Political Science class at a local university on the subject of Israel. Following my talk, I was thunderstruck by the......

How dare you tell Israel to take a chance on peace

Yoni Netanyahu lamented: I see with sorrow and great anger how a part of the people still clings to hopes of reaching a peace settlement with the Arabs. Common sense......

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