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


Jewish NGOs celebrate 'long overdue' Israeli conversion decision

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said the decision "reflects the diversity and vibrancy of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.”

A screen capture of the live stream feed from a hearing at the High Court of Justice

Court rules: Recognize Reform, Conservative conversions done in Israel for citizenship

High Court historic decision enrages the Chief Rabbinate and Orthodox political parties.

SUPREME COURT justices arrive for a session at the Supreme Court earlier this week.

Reform threatens KKL-JNF with High Court petition over West Bank purchases

Ultra-Orthodox WZO faction accuses liberal groups of ‘cooperating with foreign parties to create diplomatic pressure’ after KKL-JNF gives preliminary approval to buy Palestinian property in West Bank

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Gilad Kariv: The Labor candidate who could be the first Reform rabbi MK

POLITICS AND RELIGION: Gilad Kariv explains how he’s in a unique position to make real change if elected to the Knesset.

RABBI GILAD KARIV: The fact that I am in the fourth slot says something about the fact that Reform Judaism is not a marginal player or only identified with Diaspora Jewry.

Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv in realistic fourth slot in Labor

The list will be headed by Labor leader Merav Michaeli, followed by former MK Omer Bar-Lev, who is a former commander of the elite IDF unit Sayeret Matkal.

A poster promoting Rabbi Gilad Kariv

Anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Reform Noam Party to run in March elections

The chairman of the party called for all the religious Zionist parties to run together, as otherwise they would likely not be able to pass the electoral threshold

LGBTQ youth protest against far right Noam party at Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem

Raised Catholic, Coleen Dieker sings in an Irish punk and Jewish band

Dieker, 31, doesn’t just play Jewish music. She’s in an Irish rock band called Flannigan’s Right Hook, and she can sing in Turkish and Spanish.

Coleen Dieker said the pandemic "forces us to create our own spiritual food and think: What is my Judaism to me?”

Senior religious-Zionist rabbis denounce contact with Reform leaders

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed participated in panel discussion with Reform rabbis evoking ire of the chief rabbi and most recently leading rabbinical figures in the religious-Zionist community.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Union for Reform Judaism appoints racial equity and inclusion director

The URJ's Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts focus mostly on addressing racial equality, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.

People participate in a meditation walk in support of Black Lives Matter organized by the Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship near the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, U.S., September 1, 2020.

Progressive Judaism won’t surrender to the ultra-Orthodox in WZO - opinion

Jews of the Diaspora who are committed to Israel treasure the opportunity to engage in Zionist work under government auspices and to choose their own representatives to Congress deliberations.

DEMONSTRATORS IN Jerusalem rally in solidarity with Jews across the world following a wave of antisemitic attacks, on January 5.