Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald is the former director of Israel engagement at the Union for Reform Judaism. His experience in re-thinking Israel engagement comes from work on innovative initiatives in the North American program of the Jewish Agency for Israel.  

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald
The title of Professor Dov Waxman’s new book, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know, hides an important tension that gets explained in the course of reading this book, which addresses a most complex and confusing topic.

The Language of LGBTQ Pride in Israel

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

In Israel, not only do traditional religious norms create challenges to LGBTQ rights, but so does Hebrew – because, unlike English, it is a highly gendered language.