Reuven Rivlin

Israel’s new hard-line government has made headlines – the bigger demographic changes that caused it, not so much

By Michael Brenner — January 11, 2023
(The Conversation) — Two religiously observant groups of Jews in Israel, the ultra-Orthodox and Religious Zionists, are increasingly acting as political allies. The consequences could be profound.

At Auschwitz, thousands join the March of the Living to honor the dead

By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2018
OSWIECIM, Poland (RNS) — This year a record 12,000 youths and adults from nearly 50 countries — one third of them non-Jews — took part in the march.

Conservative Jews furious with Israeli president over scrapped bar mitzvah service

By Michele Chabin — June 8, 2015
(RNS) Conservative Jews, called Masorti Jews in Israel, say President Reuven Rivlin's decision amounts to a de-legitimization of non-Orthodox Jewry.

Four Jewish victims of Paris market attack buried in Jerusalem

By Michele Chabin — January 13, 2015
(RNS) The families of the four men, who were not Israeli citizens, asked that they be buried in Israel rather than France.

Note to Netanyahu: Don’t make American Jewish life harder (COMMENTARY)

By Jeffrey Salkin — November 25, 2014
(RNS) As much as I worry about the effect of the nationality bill on the Jewish state, I worry more about the effect that this will have on the Jewish street.
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