Reform

Seventy years of religious repression, civil marriage and intermarriage have brought many people of Jewish descent to Israel who are not halachically Jewish.

Modifications to kashrut and conversion systems represent a key opportunity to address critical issues in Jewish practice that demand change.

There is one key point that has been overlooked amid all the bickering: our attitude toward those who do choose to convert, which is no less in need of improvement.

The huge motivation to attain legitimacy for new streams in Judaism, especially at the Western Wall, is clear to me. But at what price?

There is a plan in the Knesset to partition the Western Wall and establish a plaza for mixed prayer.

Rabbi Michael Cook resigned from the CCAR to avoid investigation into abuse claims against him.

A bill to abolish the income test for disabled IDF veterans passed its first reading as part of the “One Soul” reform program.

Shas and UTJ leaders and MKs convened on Monday for what they termed an ”emergency meeting” to coordinate steps against religious reforms.

Tamarah Benima, 71, left the Dutch Union for Progressive Judaism on Nov. 9, the rabbinical council wrote in a statement.

The state was ordered by the High Court of Justice to explain why rules changed mid-year.