Saying it's because they 'love Israel,' some American Jewish leaders warn annexing the settlements would create a major political emergency and further isolate much of US Jewry

Letter is unusual, if not unprecedented, in mainstream Jewish organizations pleading with a US president to take steps to hold back an Israeli prime minister

Spiritual leader at Shaare Torah in Gaithersburg, Maryland, replaces Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the first woman to serve as chief executive of a major rabbinical organization