She was shunned for renouncing Zionism. A decade later, a rabbinical college is honoring her.
Hasia R. Diner, left, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. (Diner photo by Darlene DeVita; Herzog photo by Avi Ohayon/Government Press Office of Israel/Wikimedia/Creative Commons)
(RNS) — Hasia R. Diner’s honorary doctorate from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is another sign of the breakdown of the American Jewish consensus over Israel.