American Rabbis to Obama: Hold Netanyahu Accountable!



Dear President Obama,






Yours sincerely,

Rabbi Margaret Holub

Rabbi Brant Rosen

Rabbi Brian Walt

Rabbi Lynn Gottleib

Rabbi Joseph Berman

Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman

Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton

Rabbi Julie Greenberg

Rabbi Borukh Goldberg

Rabbi Eyal Levinson

Rabbi David Mivasair

Rabbi Rebecca Lillian

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat

Alana Alpert

Cantor Michael Davis

Rabbi Michael E. Feinberg

Rain Zohav

Rabbi Zev-Hayyim Feyer

Jessica Rosenberg

Ken Rosenstein

Rabbi Shai Gluskin

Rabbi Rebecca Alpert

Ari Lev Fornari

Rabbi Art Donsky

Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom

Rabbi Linda Holtzman

Rabbi Leonard Beerman

Rabbi Alexis Pearce

Rabbi Sarra Lev

David Basior

9 thoughts on “American Rabbis to Obama: Hold Netanyahu Accountable!

  1. Dave Boxthorn

    1/ Very confusing. JStreet and other groups did their own letter (which some on the JVP list signed and which others didn’t-why?) but apparently JVP didn’t want to join (or is there some other reason? Couldn’t? Wouldn’t?). Was there something in that letter that you/JVP didn’t agree with? If JVP didn’t agree with it why did so many JVP rabbis sign it?

    2/ Ma’aleh Adunim has been in existence since the 1970’s so the phrase ‘begin development ‘ is a little out of date.

    3/ It is highly unlikely that either Jeremy Milgrom, Rebecca Lillian or David Mivasair is a ‘leader of the American Jewish community’ as the first lives in Jerusalem (or Al-Quds for those here who wish) the second in Stockholm, and the latter in Vancouver BC. Other ‘leaders’ haven’t finished school yet.

    1. Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta

      I don’t know anything about the JVP issue and agree about Ma’aleh Adumim, which continues to spread over land inhabited by members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe since before the occupation began – but as far as I know both Jeremy Milgrom and David Mivasair retain US citizenship and visit there frequently to carry out rabbinical tasks. I’m glad to hear Jeremy is back in Jerusalem. Thanks for that update. Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta (

  2. Neal Chambers

    I don’t think Netanyahu, George W. Bush, the Bilderbergers or the Military Industrial Complex want peace. They want war and will use Israel to get it.

    Neal C. Chambers

  3. Ron Edwards

    1/ Take it up with JVP.

    2/ “Begin development” makes perfect sense in context. No meat for you there.

    3/ Take it up with JVP.

    Is there some reason you’re posting here? Oh wait! There is.

    1. Dave Boxthorn

      Er, Rabbi Brant Rosen is the head of the JVP’s ‘rabbinical council’ and since there is no comment section on JVP’s website I commented here.

      1. Ron Edwards

        Dave, that is fair! I get protective …

        Rabbi Rosen will speak for himself, if he wants to reply. For my part, I think that the reader can spot a long list of co-signers some degree of individual deviation.

        Best, Ron

  4. reynaldo753

    Although American conservatives will probably kill it, the confirmation of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense would be the strongest signal for a long time that someone in power understands the injustice of the occupation and will actually be in a position to exercise American power against it.


Leave a Reply to Dave Boxthorn Cancel reply


You are commenting using your account. Log Out /  Change )

Google photo


Twitter picture


Facebook photo


Connecting to %s