Reform Movement

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

The “Kotel Agreement,” a compromise approved by the government in January 2016, has been systematically pushed and held up by the government and the Jerusalem municipality.

 A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli meets with US Reform rabbis in an effort to strengthen ties between Israel and American Jewry in early January 2026.

Diaspora Ministry pairs with US liberal synagogue rabbinical fellowship to strengthen Israel ties

Hebrew Union College celebrated the academic achievements of students in its Israel programs during the Ordination and Academic Graduation at the Taube Family Campus.

Hebrew Union College ordains six new rabbis in Jerusalem, bolstering Israeli reform movement

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Jews are right to be alarmed about Zohran Mamdani - opinion


Agreement gives powerful post to religious Zionists, ultra-Orthodox slates

The agreement gives the chairmanship of the WZO to the Likud, and initially chairmanship of KKL to Mizrachi Olami, the mainstream modern Orthodox and religious-Zionist slate.

World Zionist Organization building

Reform Judaism in Britain

Reform Judaism has faced a struggle against the established, comfortable, middle-of-the-road, non-haredi Orthodoxy that represented Judaism to most of the natiion.

Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner (center) joins a vigil against human rights violations in Iraq outside Westminster Abbey with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (second from left), Imam Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra (second from right) and Sayeeda Warsi (right) in 2014

Why do reform rabbinical schools deny those in interfaith relationships?

All my life, my community had told me that no matter who you are or who you love, you are equal in our community. But now it feels like I’ve been betrayed.

American, Canadian and Israeli flags are displayed in the S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Reform movement gets $600,000 grant to support racial justice, diversity

The movement will work to recruit a more diverse staff and board with a focus on racial justice, a statement said.

Reform Movement prayer service at the Western Wall

Florida man to be charged with vandalism of 2 synagogues in Sarasota

Victor Martinez, 21, was named by the Sarasota Country Sheriff’s Office as the previously unidentified man who spray-painted swastikas and hate messages on both Sarasota synagogues.

Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

Amid COVID-19 pandemic two major Brooklyn synagogues discuss merging

“While I am prouder than ever to be part of this congregation, our financial health has been seriously impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.”

An illustrative photo of Hasidim walking in Brooklyn, New York.

Union for Reform Judaism announces layoffs, furloughs

“The impact of COVID-19 on all of our revenue streams has been crushing, and we anticipate it will take several years to recover,” Jacobs wrote. “Consequently, our organization must get smaller.”

abbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019

Reform movement condemns Trump’s immigration order

RAC director Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner said the order “is an extension of the xenophobia that has tragically guided our nation’s immigration policies during his time in office."

US President Donald Trump