Reform Movement

Amb. to US Yechiel Leiter condemns MK May Golan's 'disgusting' remarks on Reform Judaism

This comes after Golan accused Reform Rabbi and MK Gilad Kariv of "officiating dog weddings in your delusional synagogues."

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter the President residence in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025.
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019.

As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges

A photo of Andrea Weiss, former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60

 A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.

High Court grills state, Jerusalem over years-long holdup at egalitarian Western Wall Plaza


Chief Rabbi Yosef: Reform, Conservative Judaism is a new religion

"Have you ever seen a Reformer [Jew] who repented? I didn't see any, there are none. They feel they are okay; that they have a religion, but they have a new religion."

 Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a ceremony of the Israeli police for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022.

Reform rabbi: Netanyahu is 'last brick in the wall' for Israel-diaspora ties

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch tells ‘Post’ of potentially irreparable damage in the Israel-Diaspora relationship with young American Jews

 Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch is the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.

Leading Reform rabbi likens Ben-Gvir to KKK's David Duke

“Israelis have the right to vote for whoever they want, but they must understand the consequences and the price of their decisions,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs said about Itamar Ben-Gvir.

 Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir and members of the party speak to the press after a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022.

Ben-Gvir is threatening Jewish unity worldwide - opinion

Ben-Gvir is the real threat to Jewish unity. He must not be allowed to wield his politics of exclusion and intolerance in Israel’s next government.

Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir prior to his entry into politics can be seen speaking Israeli attorney Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Meir Kahane, November 7, 2017

Grapevine November 16, 2022: A government of alienation?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

Ben-Gvir calls to end recognition of Reform conversions for aliyah

Ben-Gvir wishes to establish a situation in which only those who have been converted by Orthodox rabbis will be entitled to immigrate to Israel according to the Law of Return.

 Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir and members of the party speak to the press after a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022.

Jewish Diaspora groups blast Ben-Gvir, while others remain silent on election

In the election that just happened in Israel, many Jewish organizations decided to remain silent, while others expressed their concern.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir gestures following the announcement of exit polls in Israel's general election, at his party headquarters in Jerusalem November 1, 2022.

3 things Ben-Gvir will attempt to promote as Israeli minister

So what does Itamar Ben-Gvir, the most colorful and controversial senior Israeli politician, plan to do if he actually joins a Benjamin Netanyahu-led coalition?

 Head of the Otzma Yehudit Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022.

Prominent rabbi abused power but can still teach - German university

The University of Potsdam's investigation examined allegations that Rabbi Walter Homolka had tolerated “sexually harassing behavior by his life partner…  which were not confirmed.”

Rabbi Walter Homolka

Extreme Religious Zionists willing to dialogue with Reform Jews

“The Reform Jew is my brother, I would vouch for him if needed,” said Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, a member of the extreme-right Otzma Yehudit Party.

 Ruderman Foundation event at the Anu Museum.