Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligation

The UK's most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel's current political direction risks becoming incompatible with Jewish values", while insisting that criticism of the country's government is a Jewish obligation" rather than an act of disloyalty.

Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism - the newly formed movement representing around a third of synagogues in the UK - said Israel's trajectory could pose an existential threat" not just to the country itself but to Judaism.