'We won't trust Israel's government to do the right thing for Israel or Jews'

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As the Netanyahu government attacks non-Orthodox prayer at the Western Wall, Reform Judaism head Rabbi Rick Jacobs tells Haaretz about dealing with Israel's far-right ministers, queries whether young U.S. Jews are really anti-Zionist, and how to nurture an inclusive Judaism

Late February, a bill that would criminalize non-Orthodox prayer at the Western Wall – carrying a penalty of up to seven years in prison – passed its preliminary reading in the Knesset. The measure represents the latest fracture in the deepening divide between Israel's right-wing government and the liberal Jewish Diaspora.