Schechter Manhattan’s closure means that only one school with roots in the Conservative movement remains in the five boroughs.
What kind of message is conveyed when the Reform and Conservative movements are treated as less legitimate than Orthodoxy?
Anyone who wields power must bear in mind the ethical teachings of the prophets, recognizing that values take precedence over power, and should guide those in power.
Just days out from their campers’ return home, the company hired to transport all of their belongings home had announced its sudden closure.
Asserting that such restrictions violate their religious beliefs, these groups are at the forefront of a legal strategy seeking to protect reproductive rights through the lens of religious freedom.
Today there are nearly 80 Masorti congregations all across Israel, though a few meet only on festivals. None receive government funding.
Minister Eliyahu, a member of the extreme-right-wing Otzma Yehudit party, met with the ZRC rabbis and discussed current political events.
According to the 2020 Pew survey about American Jewish life, nearly one in five US Jews participate in activities or services with Chabad.
Given the data, our charge should be obvious: to increase the number of non-Orthodox children enrolled in Jewish day schools.
CENTER FIELD: Time-sharing God didn’t work. “If you can’t see God everywhere,” the Kotzker Rebbe (1787-1859), warned, “you can’t see God anywhere.”
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