Eric Yoffie, Former Head of the Reform Movement

Jewish People & Ideas: Conversations with Jewish Thought Leaders

Rabbi Eric Yoffie served as the President of the Union for Reform Judaism, the congregational arm of the Reform Movement in North America from 1996 to 2012. Yoffie received his rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College in 1974 and served in many high-level roles until being elected the President of the Union for Reform Judaism. This was a remote interview with Eric in New Jersey and me in Jerusalem. We spoke about what Judaism expects of a Reform Jew, the Kotel, conversions, Chabad, the Palestinians and much more. You can find all of the episodes of this podcast and the different places it can be listened at by going to jewishpeopleideas.com. Find Barak’s books on Amazon by searching for “Barak Hullman” or going to https://bit.ly/barakhullman. Become a supporter of this podcast by going to http://patreon.com/barakhullman.