What's At Stake?

Letter from American Rabbis to the President

Complete List of Signers by Last Name
Complete List of Signers by State
Press on the Rabbis' Letter
Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q)

1. Complete List of Signers by Last Name:

Rabbi Scott Aaron (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Thomas Alpert (Brookline, MA)
Rabbi Rebecca Alpert (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Renni Altman (Great Neck, NY)
Rabbi Camille Angel (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Sharon Anisfeld (Newton, MA)
Rabbi David Ariel-Joel (Louisville, KY)
Rabbi Stephen Arnold (South Easton, MA)
Rabbi Melanie Aron (Los Gatos, CA)
Rabbi Tsurah August (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Chava Bahle (Suttons Bay, MI)
Rabbi Jeffrey Ballon (Huntsville, AL)
Rabbi Lewis Barth (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Eliot Baskin (Denver, CO)
Rabbi David Bauer (Amherst, MA)
Rabbi Renee Bauer (Minneapolis, MN)
Rabbi Pamela Baugh (Daly City, CA)
Rabbi Leonard Beerman (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Martin Beifield (Richmond, VA)
Rabbi Bernhard Beliak (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Allen Bennett (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi James Bennett (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Philip Bentley (Hendersonville, NC)
Rabbi Marjorie Berman (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Phyllis Berman (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Leila Berner (Annandale, VA)
Rabbi Linda Bertenthal (Encino, CA)
Rabbi Jonathan Biatch (Madison, WI)
Rabbi Binyamin Biber (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Amy Bigman (St Louis, MO)
Rabbi Barry Block (San Antonio, TX)
Rabbi Erwin Bloom (Davie, FL)
Rabbi Herman Blumberg (Wayland, MA)
Rabbi Rena Blumenthal (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Rabbi Sandy Bogin (Mamaroneck, NY)
Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton (Baltimore, MD)
Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav (Denver, CO)
Rabbi Jill Borodin (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Neal Borovitz (River Edge, NJ)
Rabbi Sigal Brier (Newtown, PA)
Rabbi Herbert Brockman (Hamden, CT)
Rabbi Lynn Brody (Beverly Hills, CA)
Rabbi Caryn Broitman (Vineyard Haven, MA)
Rabbi Deborah Bronstein (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Herbert Bronstein (Glencoe, IL)
Rabbi Lester Bronstein (White Plains, NY)
Rabbi Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus (Norton, MA)
Rabbi Marcus Burstein (Falls Church, VA)
Rabbi Debra Cantor (Newington, CT)
Rabbi Ari Cartun (Palo Alto, CA)
Rabbi Adam Chalom (Highland Park, IL)
Rabbi Joshua Chasan (Burlington, VT)
Rabbi Micah Citrin (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Rabbi Jeffrey Clopper (S. Huntington, NY)
Rabbi Jonathan Cohen (Greenbelt, MD)
Rabbi Daniel Cohen (South Orange, NJ)
Rabbi Ayelet Cohen (New York, NY)
Rabbi Henry Cohen (Wynnewood, PA)
Rabbi Michael Cohen (Manchester Center, VT)
Rabbi Hillel Cohn (San Bernardino, CA)
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels (Santa Monica, CA)
Rabbi David Cooper (Piedmont, CA)
Rabbi Fredi Cooper (Elkins Park, PA)
Rabbi Sigma Coran (Cincinnati, OH)
Rabbi Laurie Coskey (San Diego, CA)
Rabbi Meryl Crean (Elkins Park, PA)
Rabbi Matt Cutler (Schenectady, NY)
Rabbi Justin David (Northampton, MA)
Rabbi Benjamin David (Roslyn Heights, NY)
Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis (Flower Mound, TX)
Rabbi Lavey Derby (Mill Valley, CA)
Rabbi Marc Disick (Stamford, CT)
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb (Bethesda, MD)
Rabbi Joel Dobin, D.D. (Walnut Creek, CA)
Rabbi Robert Dobrusin (Ann Arbor, MI)
Rabbi Art Donsky (Allison Park, PA)
Rabbi Elliot Dorff (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi William Dreskin (White Plains, NY)
Rabbi Malka Drucker (Santa Fe, NM)
Rabbi Laurence Edwards (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Denise Eger (West Hollywood, CA)
Rabbi Amy Eilberg (Mendota Heights, MN)
Rabbi Stephen Einstein (Fountain Valley, CA)
Rabbi Bruce Elder (Glencoe, IL)
Rabbi Gary Ellison (Salem, OR)
Rabbi Barat Ellman (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Greg Epstein (Cambridge, MA)
Rabbi Rachel Esserman (Endwell, NY)
Rabbi Andrew Ettin (Pfafftown, NC)
Rabbi Ted Falcon (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Michael Feinberg (New York, NY)
Rabbi Morley Feinstein (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Edward Feld (Northampton, MA)
Rabbi Jen Feldman (Chapel Hill, NC)
Rabbi Adam Feldman (Princeton, NJ)
Rabbi Marla Feldman (New York, NY)
Rabbi Michael Feshbach (Chevy Chase, MD)
Rabbi Michael Fessler (Washington Township, NJ)
Rabbi Brian Field (Denver, CO)
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Frank Fischer (Chapel Hill, NC)
Rabbi Alan Flam (Providence, RI)
Rabbi Randy Fleisher (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Jeffrey Foust (Waltham, MA)
Rabbi Russell Fox (Oklahoma City, OK)
Rabbi John Franken (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Alan Freedman (Austin, TX)
Rabbi Ariel Friedlander (Port Washington, NY)
Rabbi John Friedman (Durham, NC)
Rabbi Dayle Friedman (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Thomas Friedmann (Columbus, GA)
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer (Wyncote, PA)
Rabbi Serena Fujita (Lewisburg, PA)
Rabbi Hillel Gamoran (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Laura Geller (Beverly Hills, CA)
Rabbi Everett Gendler (Great Barrington, MA)
Rabbi Stuart Gershon (Summit, NJ)
Rabbi Elliot Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, MI)
Rabbi George Gittleman (Santa Rosa, CA)
Rabbi Mark Glickman (Bainbridge Island, WA)
Rabbi Robert Gluck (Albany, NY)
Rabbi Shai Gluskin (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold (Boston, MA)
Rabbi Shefa Gold (Jemez Springs, NM)
Rabbi Andrew Gold (Las Vegas, NM)
Rabbi Laura Gold (New York, NY)
Rabbi Rosalind Gold (Reston, VA)
Rabbi Michael Goldberg (Oakland, CA)
Rabbi Dan Goldblatt (Danville, CA)
Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg (York, PA)
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg (Dallas, TX)
Rabbi Eva Goldfinger (Valley Glenn, CA)
Rabbi Jordan Goldson (Scottsdale, AZ)
Rabbi Seth Goldstein (Olympia, WA)
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser (North Adams, MA)
Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi David Gordis (Newton, MA)
Rabbi Maralee Gordon (Crystal Lake, IL)
Rabbi Debora Gordon (Troy, NY)
Rabbi Leonard Gordon (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb (Ojai, CA)
Rabbi Roberto Graetz (Lafayette, CA)
Rabbi Lina Grazier-Zerbarini (New Haven, CT)
Rabbi C. Michelle Greenberg (Northfield, IL)
Rabbi Julie Greenberg (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi David Greenspoon (Pittsfield, MA)
Rabbi David Greenstein (Roslyn, NY)
Rabbi Daniel Gropper (Rye, NY)
Rabbi Peter Grumbacher (Wilmington, DE)
Rabbi Eric Gurvis (Newton, MA)
Rabbi Joshua Gutoff (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman (Rochester, NY)
Rabbi Andrew Hahn (New York, NY)
Rabbi Stanley Halpern (Gary, IN)
Rabbi Maurice Harris (Eugene, OR)
Rabbi Stephen Hart (Long Grove, IL)
Rabbi Garson Herzfeld (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Jay Heyman (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Moshe Heyn (Cincinnati, OH)
Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Erin Hirsh (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Linda Holtzman (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Michael Holzman (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Mark Hurvitz (Poway, CA)
Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin (Eugene, OR)
Rabbi Shaya Isenberg (Gainesville, FL)
Rabbi Steven Jacobs (Woodland Hills, CA)
Rabbi Jill Jacobs (New York, NY)
Rabbi Burt Jacobson (Piedmont, CA)
Rabbi Devorah Jacobson (Longmeadow, MA)
Rabbi Jennifer Jaech (Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
Rabbi Norman Janis (Cambridge, MA)
Rabbi Beth Janus (Soquel, CA)
Rabbi Amita Jarmon (Rockland, ME)
Rabbi Reena Judd (Hamden, CT)
Rabbi Raachel Jurovics (Raleigh, NC)
Rabbi Bruce Kadden (Tacoma, WA)
Rabbi Yoel Kahn (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Mark Kaiserman (Livingston, NJ)
Rabbi Raphael Kanter (New Bedford, MA)
Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman (Everett, WA)
Rabbi Peter Kasdan (Longboat Key, FL)
Rabbi Hillel Katzir (Auburn, ME)
Rabbi Alvan Kaunfer (Providence, RI)
Rabbi David Kay (Orlando, FL)
Rabbi Stuart Kelman (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Stanley Kessler (West Hartford, CT)
Rabbi Lori Klein (Santa Cruz, CA)
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (New York, NY)
Rabbi Marc Kline (Lexington, KY)
Rabbi Tracy Klirs (Great Neck, NY)
Rabbi Myriam Klotz (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
Rabbi Peter Knobel (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Alison Kobey (Rochester, NY)
Rabbi Norman Koch (New Milford, CT)
Rabbi Tamara Kolton (Farmington Hills, MI)
Rabbi Neil Kominsky (Lowell, MA)
Rabbi Elisa Koppel (New York, NY)
Rabbi Ira Korinow (Haverhill, MA)
Rabbi Chava Koster (New York, NY)
Rabbi Douglas Krantz (Armonk, NY)
Rabbi Matthew Kraus (Cincinnati, OH, OH)
Rabbi Allen Krause (Mission Viejo, CA)
Rabbi Jeff Kurtz-Lendner (Mandeville, LA)
Rabbi Susan Laemmle (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Lynne Landsberg (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Karen Landy (Brookline, MA)
Rabbi Alan LaPayover (Penn Valley, PA)
Rabbi Michael Latz (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Allan Lehmann (Waltham, MA)
Rabbi Benjamin Leinow (Escondido, CA)
Rabbi David Leipziger Teva (Middletown, CT)
Rabbi Shoshana Leis (Bronx, NY)
Rabbi Peter Levi (Phoenix, AZ)
Rabbi Mark Levin (Overland Park, KS)
Rabbi Joshua Levine-Grater (Pasadena, CA)
Rabbi David Levinsky (Los Altos, CA)
Rabbi Richard Levy (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Robert Levy (Ann Arbor, MI)
Rabbi Yael Levy (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Sue Levy (Webster, TX)
Rabbi Alan Lew (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis (Palo Alto, CA)
Rabbi Michael Lezak (San Rafael, CA)
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz (Spartanburg, SC)
Rabbi Rebecca Lillian (Miami, FL)
Rabbi Kennard Lipman (Napa, CA)
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Andrea London (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Michael Lotker (Camarillo, CA)
Rabbi Alan Lovins (New Haven, CT)
Rabbi Akiba Lubow (Cranford, NJ)
Rabbi Alicia Magal (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Shaul Magid (Bloomington, IN)
Rabbi Joseph Mahoney (Muncie, IN)
Rabbi Tamar Malino (Poway, CA)
Rabbi Harry Manhoff (Castro Valley, CA)
Rabbi Paula Marcus (Aptos, CA)
Rabbi Bonnie Margulis (Madison, WI)
Rabbi Jeffrey Marker (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi Susan Marks (Sarasota, FL)
Rabbi Sharon Mars (Chapel Hill, NC)
Rabbi Simeon Maslin (Elkins Park, PA)
Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon (New York, NY)
Rabbi Gary Mazo (Martsons Mills, MA)
Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger (Fort Worth, TX)
Rabbi Amy Memis-Foler (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Paul Menitoff (New York, NY)
Rabbi Sarah Meytin (Gaithersburg, MD)
Rabbi Stanley Miles (Louisville, KY)
Rabbi Bennett Miller (New Brunswick, NJ)
Rabbi Yocheved Mintz (Las Vegas, NV)
Rabbi David Mivasair (Baltimore, MD)
Rabbi Katie Mizrahi (New York, NY)
Rabbi Stephen Moch (Tarpon Springs, FL)
Rabbi Reuben Modek (Nyack, NY)
Rabbi Ben Morrow (Santa Fe, NM)
Rabbi Daniel Moskovitz (Tarzana, CA)
Rabbi Linda Motzkin (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Rabbi Leonard Muroff (Lakewood, CA)
Rabbi Michael Namath (Potomac, MD)
Rabbi Steven Pik Nathan (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Sheryl Nosan (Orangevale, CA)
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-man (Berkley, CA)
Rabbi Sheldon Pennes (Montebello, CA)
Rabbi Barbara Penzner (West Roxbury, MA)
Rabbi William Plevan (Princeton, NJ)
Rabbi Gary Pokras (Doylestown, PA)
Rabbi Mark Popovsky (New York, NY)
Rabbi Amber Powers (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Sanford Ragins (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Lawrence Raphael (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Victor Reinstein (Jamaica Plain, MA)
Rabbi Philip Rice (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Leah Richman (Pottsville, PA)
Rabbi Yael Ridberg (New York, NY)
Rabbi Rochelle Robins (San Diego, CA)
Rabbi Michael Robinson (Sebastopol, CA)
Rabbi Norman Roman (West Bloomfield, MI)
Rabbi Yael Romer (Kingston, NY)
Rabbi Or Rose (Boston, MA)
Rabbi Brant Rosen (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi James Rosenberg (Barrington, RI)
Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld (Buffalo, NY)
Rabbi David Rosenn (New York, NY)
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn (New York, NY)
Rabbi John Rosove (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Jeff Roth (New Paltz, NY)
Rabbi Eliseo Rozenwasser (Penn Valley, PA)
Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips (Brooklyn, NY)
Rabbi David Sandmel (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Marc Saperstein (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Scott Saulson (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Judith Schindler (Charlotte, NC)
Rabbi Chaim Schneider (Santa Cruz, CA)
Rabbi Rachel Schoenfeld (Baltimore, MD)
Rabbi Rebecca Schorr (Irvine, CA)
Rabbi Marvin Schwab (Santa Fe, NM)
Rabbi Barry Schwartz (Cherry Hill, NJ)
Rabbi Amy Schwartzman (Falls Church, VA)
Rabbi Sid Schwarz (Rockville, MD)
Rabbi Peter Schweitzer (New York, NY)
Rabbi Adrienne Scott (Houston, TX)
Rabbi Ron Segal (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Steve Segar (University Heights, OH)
Rabbi Judith Seid (Pleasanton, CA)
Rabbi Jerry Seidler (Amherst, NY)
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Gerold Serotta (Chevy Chase, MD)
Rabbi Drorah Setel (Buffalo, NY)
Rabbi Susan Shankman (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Richard Shapiro (Palm Desert, CA)
Rabbi Noach Shapiro (Montclair, NJ)
Rabbi Daniel Shevitz (Venice, CA)
Rabbi David Shneyer (Rockville, MD)
Rabbi Suzanne Singer (Oakland, CA)
Rabbi Merle Singer (Boca Raton, FL)
Rabbi Beth Singer (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Jeffrey Sirkman (Larchmont, NY)
Rabbi Andrew Sklarz (Abington, PA)
Rabbi Scott Slarskey (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Jonathan Slater (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Rabbi Amy Small (Chatham, NJ)
Rabbi Felicia Sol (New York, NY)
Rabbi Eric Solomon (Raleigh, NC)
Rabbi Jennifer Solomon (Raleigh, NC)
Rabbi Marc Soloway (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi David Sperling (New York, NY)
Rabbi Aaron Spiegel (Indianapolis, IN)
Rabbi Toba Spitzer (West Newton, MA)
Rabbi Samuel Stahl (San Antonio, TX)
Rabbi Arthur Starr (St Thomas, VI)
Rabbi Jacob Staub (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Bonnie Steinberg (New York, NY)
Rabbi Arthur Steinberg (Portsmouth, VA)
Rabbi David Steinberg (Burlington, VT)
Rabbi Gershon Steinberg-Caudill (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi George Stern (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Michael Stevens (Munster, IN)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld (New York, NY)
Rabbi Andrew Straus (Tempe, AZ)
Rabbi David Straus (Wynnewood, PA)
Rabbi Yaffa-Shira Sultan (San Diego, CA)
Rabbi Jeff Sultar (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Alana Suskin (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Robert Tabak (Melrose Park, PA)
Rabbi Susan Talve (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Joshua Taub (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Elliott Tepperman (Montclair, NJ)
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen (New Haven, CT)
Rabbi Lawrence Troster (Teaneck, NJ)
Rabbi Theodore Tsuruoka (Great Neck, NY)
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach (East Hampton, NY)
Rabbi Jason Van Leeuwen (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Burton Visotzky (New York, NY)
Rabbi Andrew Vogel (Brookline, MA)
Rabbi Heidi Waldmann (Plattsburgh, NY)
Rabbi Brian Walt (West Tisbury, MA)
Rabbi Bruce Warshal (Hillsboro Beach, FL)
Rabbi Arthur Waskow (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Mira Wasserman (Bloomington, IN)
Rabbi Alana Wasserman (Cherry Hill, NJ)
Rabbi Donald Weber (Marlboro, NJ)
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman (Attleboro, MA)
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg (Amherst, MA)
Rabbi Scott Weiner (New York, NY)
Rabbi Zari Weiss (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi David Whiman (Syosset, NY)
Rabbi Scott White (Kansas City, MO)
Rabbi Aryeh Wineman (Troy, NY)
Rabbi Avi Winokur (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Stephen Wise (Boca Raton, FL)
Rabbi Jeffrey Wohlberg (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Joseph Wolf (Portland, OR)
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Bridget Wynne (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Shawn Zevit (Philadelphia, PA)
Rabbi Michael Ziegler (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Mark Zimmerman (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman (Madison, WI)

2. Complete List of Signers by State:

Rabbi Jeffrey Ballon (Huntsville, AL)
Rabbi Peter Levi (Phoenix, AZ)
Rabbi Jordan Goldson (Scottsdale, AZ)
Rabbi Andrew Straus (Tempe, AZ)
Rabbi Paula Marcus (Aptos, CA)
Rabbi Stuart Kelman (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Michael Ziegler (Berkeley, CA)
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-man (Berkley, CA)
Rabbi Lynn Brody (Beverly Hills, CA)
Rabbi Laura Geller (Beverly Hills, CA)
Rabbi Michael Lotker (Camarillo, CA)
Rabbi Harry Manhoff (Castro Valley, CA)
Rabbi Pamela Baugh (Daly City, CA)
Rabbi Dan Goldblatt (Danville, CA)
Rabbi Linda Bertenthal (Encino, CA)
Rabbi Benjamin Leinow (Escondido, CA)
Rabbi Stephen Einstein (Fountain Valley, CA)
Rabbi Rebecca Schorr (Irvine, CA)
Rabbi Roberto Graetz (Lafayette, CA)
Rabbi Leonard Muroff (Lakewood, CA)
Rabbi David Levinsky (Los Altos, CA)
Rabbi Micah Citrin (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Rabbi Lewis Barth (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Leonard Beerman (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Bernhard Beliak (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Elliot Dorff (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Morley Feinstein (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Susan Laemmle (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Richard Levy (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Sanford Ragins (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi John Rosove (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Jason Van Leeuwen (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Melanie Aron (Los Gatos, CA)
Rabbi Lavey Derby (Mill Valley, CA)
Rabbi Allen Krause (Mission Viejo, CA)
Rabbi Sheldon Pennes (Montebello, CA)
Rabbi Kennard Lipman (Napa, CA)
Rabbi Michael Goldberg (Oakland, CA)
Rabbi Suzanne Singer (Oakland, CA)
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb (Ojai, CA)
Rabbi Sheryl Nosan (Orangevale, CA)
Rabbi Richard Shapiro (Palm Desert, CA)
Rabbi Ari Cartun (Palo Alto, CA)
Rabbi Sheldon Lewis (Palo Alto, CA)
Rabbi Joshua Levine-Grater (Pasadena, CA)
Rabbi David Cooper (Piedmont, CA)
Rabbi Burt Jacobson (Piedmont, CA)
Rabbi Judith Seid (Pleasanton, CA)
Rabbi Mark Hurvitz (Poway, CA)
Rabbi Tamar Malino (Poway, CA)
Rabbi Hillel Cohn (San Bernardino, CA)
Rabbi Laurie Coskey (San Diego, CA)
Rabbi Rochelle Robins (San Diego, CA)
Rabbi Yaffa-Shira Sultan (San Diego, CA)
Rabbi Camille Angel (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Allen Bennett (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Jay Heyman (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Yoel Kahn (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Alan Lew (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Lawrence Raphael (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Scott Slarskey (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Gershon Steinberg-Caudill (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Bridget Wynne (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Michael Lezak (San Rafael, CA)
Rabbi Lori Klein (Santa Cruz, CA)
Rabbi Chaim Schneider (Santa Cruz, CA)
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels (Santa Monica, CA)
Rabbi George Gittleman (Santa Rosa, CA)
Rabbi Michael Robinson (Sebastopol, CA)
Rabbi Beth Janus (Soquel, CA)
Rabbi Daniel Moskovitz (Tarzana, CA)
Rabbi Eva Goldfinger (Valley Glenn, CA)
Rabbi Daniel Shevitz (Venice, CA)
Rabbi Joel Dobin, D.D. (Walnut Creek, CA)
Rabbi Denise Eger (West Hollywood, CA)
Rabbi Steven Jacobs (Woodland Hills, CA)
Rabbi Deborah Bronstein (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Marc Soloway (Boulder, CO)
Rabbi Eliot Baskin (Denver, CO)
Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav (Denver, CO)
Rabbi Brian Field (Denver, CO)
Rabbi Herbert Brockman (Hamden, CT)
Rabbi Reena Judd (Hamden, CT)
Rabbi David Leipziger Teva (Middletown, CT)
Rabbi Lina Grazier-Zerbarini (New Haven, CT)
Rabbi Alan Lovins (New Haven, CT)
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen (New Haven, CT)
Rabbi Norman Koch (New Milford, CT)
Rabbi Debra Cantor (Newington, CT)
Rabbi Marc Disick (Stamford, CT)
Rabbi Stanley Kessler (West Hartford, CT)
Rabbi Binyamin Biber (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Lynne Landsberg (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Marc Saperstein (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Susan Shankman (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Alana Suskin (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Jeffrey Wohlberg (Washington, DC)
Rabbi Peter Grumbacher (Wilmington, DE)
Rabbi Merle Singer (Boca Raton, FL)
Rabbi Stephen Wise (Boca Raton, FL)
Rabbi Erwin Bloom (Davie, FL)
Rabbi Shaya Isenberg (Gainesville, FL)
Rabbi Bruce Warshal (Hillsboro Beach, FL)
Rabbi Peter Kasdan (Longboat Key, FL)
Rabbi Rebecca Lillian (Miami, FL)
Rabbi David Kay (Orlando, FL)
Rabbi Susan Marks (Sarasota, FL)
Rabbi Stephen Moch (Tarpon Springs, FL)
Rabbi Scott Saulson (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Ron Segal (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Mark Zimmerman (Atlanta, GA)
Rabbi Thomas Friedmann (Columbus, GA)
Rabbi Scott Aaron (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Laurence Edwards (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Alicia Magal (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Amy Memis-Foler (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi David Sandmel (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf (Chicago, IL)
Rabbi Maralee Gordon (Crystal Lake, IL)
Rabbi Peter Knobel (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Andrea London (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Brant Rosen (Evanston, IL)
Rabbi Herbert Bronstein (Glencoe, IL)
Rabbi Bruce Elder (Glencoe, IL)
Rabbi Adam Chalom (Highland Park, IL)
Rabbi Stephen Hart (Long Grove, IL)
Rabbi C. Michelle Greenberg (Northfield, IL)
Rabbi Shaul Magid (Bloomington, IN)
Rabbi Mira Wasserman (Bloomington, IN)
Rabbi Stanley Halpern (Gary, IN)
Rabbi Aaron Spiegel (Indianapolis, IN)
Rabbi Joseph Mahoney (Muncie, IN)
Rabbi Michael Stevens (Munster, IN)
Rabbi Mark Levin (Overland Park, KS)
Rabbi Marc Kline (Lexington, KY)
Rabbi David Ariel-Joel (Louisville, KY)
Rabbi Stanley Miles (Louisville, KY)
Rabbi Jeff Kurtz-Lendner (Mandeville, LA)
Rabbi David Bauer (Amherst, MA)
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg (Amherst, MA)
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman (Attleboro, MA)
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Rabbi John Franken (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Susan Talve (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Joshua Taub (St. Louis, MO)
Rabbi Jen Feldman (Chapel Hill, NC)
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Rabbi Raachel Jurovics (Raleigh, NC)
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Rabbi Jennifer Solomon (Raleigh, NC)
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Rabbi Akiba Lubow (Cranford, NJ)
Rabbi Mark Kaiserman (Livingston, NJ)
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Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg (York, PA)
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Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger (Fort Worth, TX)
Rabbi Adrienne Scott (Houston, TX)
Rabbi Barry Block (San Antonio, TX)
Rabbi Samuel Stahl (San Antonio, TX)
Rabbi Sue Levy (Webster, TX)
Rabbi Leila Berner (Annandale, VA)
Rabbi Marcus Burstein (Falls Church, VA)
Rabbi Amy Schwartzman (Falls Church, VA)
Rabbi Arthur Steinberg (Portsmouth, VA)
Rabbi Rosalind Gold (Reston, VA)
Rabbi Martin Beifield (Richmond, VA)
Rabbi Arthur Starr (St Thomas, VI)
Rabbi Joshua Chasan (Burlington, VT)
Rabbi David Steinberg (Burlington, VT)
Rabbi Michael Cohen (Manchester Center, VT)
Rabbi Mark Glickman (Bainbridge Island, WA)
Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman (Everett, WA)
Rabbi Seth Goldstein (Olympia, WA)
Rabbi Tsurah August (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Jill Borodin (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Ted Falcon (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Hillel Gamoran (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Michael Latz (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Philip Rice (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Beth Singer (Seattle, WA)
Rabbi Zari Weiss (Seattle, WA)
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Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman (Madison, WI)

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 6, 2006
Rabbis Press Bush on Palestinians
Nearly 400 rabbis signed a letter to President Bush urging him to maintain indirect assistance to the Palestinians and "constructive engagement" with the Palestinian government.[read more]

Jerusalem Post
February 17th, 2006
Congress Moving Toward Ban on Aid to Hamas-led PA
Nathan Gutman
In an letter to Bush, rabbis affiliated with Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, a grassroots organization working to promote Arab-Israeli peace, stressed the fact that Hamas is a murderous terror organization, but at the same time called upon the administration to work for a continuation of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.[read more]

Washington Jewish Week
February 15, 2006
Rabbinical Advice for Bush
A number of well-known American rabbis have signed on to a Brit Tzedek v'Shalom letter urging President George W. Bush to demand that the new Hamas-led Palestinian government disarm and recognize Israel, while also using "constructive engagement" with that new government "in ways that bolster moderates ... and sustain the ceasefire."[read more]

4. Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.)

Why is this letter important?
What does signing this letter entail?
Who is organizing this letter?
Can rabbis still sign the letter?
I'm a rabbi: How can I ask my colleagues to sign?
I'm a congregant: How can I ask my rabbi to sign?
What polls demonstrate that a majority of Palestinians support a peace agreement (point #3)?
How can I get more information?

a. Why is this letter important?

This letter, sent to the President on March 3, 2006 and signed by nearly 400 American rabbis, supports the President's demand that Hamas recognize Israel and renounce terrorism, but it also encourages him to proceed cautiously so as to leave the door open for renewed negotiations. By "constructively engaging" the new Palestinian government, the US can play a vital role in bolstering moderate Palestinians such as President Abbas and continuing the ceasefire of the past year.

The letter also urges President Bush to maintain essential indirect assistance to the Palestinian people, via NGOs, to address their pressing humanitarian needs. Cutting this aid will only further worsen conditions and subsequently increase support for extremism, which, in turn, endangers Israel.

b. What does signing this letter entail?

By signing this letter, a rabbi agrees to the use of his or her name in the following contexts: the letter sent to President Bush, copies sent to Congress and other Administration officials, press statements regarding the letter, an ad in Jewish and/or national press, and on this webpage.

The inclusion of congregational or organizational affiliation is for identification purposes only.

c. Who is organizing this letter?

This letter is being organized by Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace. Brit Tzedek v'Shalom is a national grassroots organization of American Jews deeply committed to Israel's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more information on Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, please visit www.btvshalom.org.

IMPORTANT: Signing this letter DOES NOT presume support for any other Brit Tzedek v'Shalom campaign or position. Brit Tzedek's name DOES NOT appear on the letter sent to President Bush.

d. Can rabbis still sign the letter?

Yes! Though, the letter has been sent to the President already, rabbis can still sign using the sign-on form to show their support for this effort.

e. I'm a rabbi: How can I ask my colleagues to sign?

To send a quick email to your rabbinical colleagues with a link to this webpage, please click here.

Otherwise, simply point them to this link: http://rabbisletter.btvshalom.org.

f. I'm a congregant: How can I ask my rabbi to sign?

To send a quick email to your rabbi with a link to this webpage, please click here.

Otherwise, contact your rabbi and ask him or her to visit: http://rabbisletter.btvshalom.org.

g. What polls demonstrate that a majority of Palestinians support a peace agreement with Israel (point #3)?

In a poll of Palestinians released on January 30th by the Near East Consulting Institute, 73% of all surveyed believe that Hamas should "change its position on the elimination of the state of Israel" and 84% support a peace agreement with Israel, a sentiment echoed by 77% of those respondents who voted for Hamas.

According to Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki, "three quarters of all Palestinians, including more than 60 percent of Hamas supporters, are willing to support reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis based on a two-state solution. During the last 10 years, the trend among the Palestinians has been to move away from hard-line attitudes and to embrace moderate ones. Indeed, more than 60 percent of Hamas voters support an immediate return to negotiations with Israel." ("The Polls: What the Palestinians Really Voted For." by Khalil Shikaki. Newsweek International, 6 Feb 2006. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11080943/site/newsweek/)

h. How can I get more information?

For more information, please email rabbisletter@btvshalom.org.

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