[Opinion] We Can't Sum the Rabbis to Answer for Israel

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OPINION. Since Judaism does not have central authority or hierarchy, asking the rabbis to take a position on the Israeli government is no different from asking all Jews to do so, writes lawyer Elie Elkaim, president of the Jewish Community of Lausanne and the Canton of Vaud, who reacts to a chronicle published in the "Time"Yes, one can and must criticize the Israeli government: no government is above judgment. For three years, the media and publ…