--- description: Eric Yoffie is a writer and lecturer and was President of the Union for Reform Judaism from 1996 to 2012. Rabbi Yoffie's writings on American religion, interreligious dialogue and Israel and the Middle East are collected at ericyoffie.com. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Eric Yoffie ## Eric Yoffie Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Eric Yoffie is a writer and lecturer and was President of the Union for Reform Judaism from 1996 to 2012\. Rabbi Yoffie's writings on American religion, interreligious dialogue and Israel and the Middle East are collected at_ [_ericyoffie.com_](http://time.com/3193469/the-aipac-wars-are-underway-again/ericyoffie.com)_._ ## Eric Yoffie Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 12, 2015 ### [The Critics Were Wrong About Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech](https://time.com/3707288/the-critics-were-wrong-about-obamas-prayer-breakfast-speech/) It was not "offensive." It was a powerful celebration of America's religious tradition. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2014 ### [Let's Teach About Islam in Our Schools](https://time.com/3645667/lets-teach-about-islam-in-our-schools/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 25, 2014 ### [Religion, Hypocrisy, and Obamacare](https://time.com/3605871/religion-hypocrisy-and-obamacare/) It is not OK for a religiously serious person to offer no plan at all to help truly poor, weak, and ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2014 ### [Is Alliance Defending Freedom the Next Hobby Lobby?](https://time.com/3525312/pulpit-freedom-sunday-religion-politics/) If a church or its religious leader wants to enter the partisan political fray and support a specifi... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 15, 2014 ### [The Theology Behind Obama's Speech on ISIS](https://time.com/3378408/the-theology-behind-obamas-speech-on-isis/) Obama drew from prominent Protestant minister Reinhold Niebuhr [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 27, 2014 ### [The AIPAC Wars are Underway Again](https://time.com/3193469/the-aipac-wars-are-underway-again/) The latest attack on AIPAC is seriously flawed [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 14, 2014 ### [Op-Ed: The Bizarre Moral Criticism Against Israel](https://time.com/2982215/israel-gaza-casualties/) What does it mean to say that casualties are “disproportionate”? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 3, 2014 ### [Why I'm Thankful for America's Immigrants and Religion this Fourth of July](https://time.com/2952106/why-im-thankful-for-americas-immigrants-and-religion-this-fourth-of-july/) Two reasons I love America: her immigrants and religiosity. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 16, 2014 ### [No, Eric Cantor Did Not Lose Because He's Jewish](https://time.com/2881535/no-eric-cantor-did-not-lose-because-hes-jewish/) Despite what sensational headlines have suggested, anti-semitism isn't to blame for Eric Cantor's st... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 30, 2014 ### [Anti-Semitism: Not a Threat to American Jews](https://time.com/2798435/anti-semitism-not-a-threat-to-american-jews/) There are plenty of things for American Jews to worry about, but anti-Semitism is not one of them. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-h-yoffie/","name":"Eric Yoffie"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-h-yoffie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-h-yoffie/"},"name":"Eric Yoffie","jobTitle":null,"description":"Eric Yoffie is a writer and lecturer and was President of the Union for Reform Judaism from 1996 to 2012. Rabbi Yoffie's writings on American religion, interreligious dialogue and Israel and the Middle East are collected at ericyoffie.com.","url":"https://time.com/author/eric-h-yoffie/","sameAs":["https://x.com/ericyoffie","https://www.facebook.com/eric.yoffie.7?ref=hl"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```