Reform jews
Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60
Weiss died on Tuesday, surrounded by family at her home in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, following a year-long battle with cancer. She was 60.
Female rabbi on healing Israel: Authority means service, not power - opinion
Netanyahu’s coalition threatens Jewish unity with law banning pluralistic Kotel prayers - opinion
It's time for the Western Wall to be a home for every Jew - opinion
Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati
Rehfeld cited “financial constraints” and enrollment among the reasons for discontinuing the programs.
Israel must commit to funding all forms of Judaism - editorial
What kind of message is conveyed when the Reform and Conservative movements are treated as less legitimate than Orthodoxy?
The religious-secular divide: How to calm the water, and how to stir them up - analysis
Whether this is a full-fledged "religious war" or just the most recent permutation of religious-secular battles that have continued unabated since the state's founding is a matter for debate.
Gov't allocates NIS 2 million to back non-Orthodox faith groups
These funds will be administered by the Social Equality Ministry, which is headed by Amichai Chikli.
Court demands answers on chief rabbi's hate speech against LGBTQ, Reform Jews
The Jerusalem chief rabbi has blamed earthquakes on LGBTQ people and called Reform Jews "evil people."
Why didn't 'The New York Times' report on the Holocaust? - opinion
“All the News That’s Fit to Print.” Since 1897, this has adorned the masthead of The New York Times. It just seems that, in the paper of record’s long history, some news was “Not Fit to Print.”
Almost half of Israelis identify as traditional Jews, defying conventional labels - analysis
Rejecting coercion in any form, traditionalists staunchly support freedom of religion and religious liberties, extending this support to both secularists and the ultra-Orthodox.
No, Reform US Jews aren’t abandoning Israel - opinion
It is no secret that most American Jews mostly align to the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is in no way anti-Israel.
The Reform movement is ending its standalone semester-in-Israel program amid declining enrollment
“It’s going to be cost-effective for both Muss and for Heller High because the cost of the general studies is a very significant cost,” he said.”
A new book made me appreciate Jewish Sunday schools — and the volunteer women who have powered them
In her new book “Jewish Sunday Schools,” Laura Yares backdates the story of Jewish education by over a century.
