Reform Movement

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

A cohort from the SWFS Amplify Israel fellowship met with Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli in an effort to "strengthen [Israel's] connection with liberal rabbis from North America."

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli meets with US Reform rabbis in an effort to strengthen ties between Israel and American Jewry in early January 2026.
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

Six new Israeli reform rabbis were ordained at HUC-Jerusalem, joining 142 alumni serving 50+ communities across Israel as a part of a growing movement in Israeli society.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

While I will not tell people who I think they should vote for, I will continue to examine, through a Jewish lens, issues of concern I hope my congregants will consider when they vote.

|ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON
THE WRITER leads a service at her synagogue, East End Temple.

Reform Judaism and Zionism: The danger of misrepresentation - opinion

With the rise of anti-Jewish hatred and violence, the diverse spectrum of Jewish denominations must join together in solidarity.

|ByOLIVIA BRODSKY

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."

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar visits at a Yeshiva in Hispin, northern Israel, October 21, 2021.

Israeli heritage minister: Western Wall should be run like Orthodox synagogue

Minister Eliyahu, a member of the extreme-right-wing Otzma Yehudit party, met with the ZRC rabbis and discussed current political events.

JUNE 30, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Heritage Minister Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu (L)

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.”

JUNE 23, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
STUDENTS TAKE a matriculation exam at a high school in Jerusalem. There is a strain of extremism snaking its way through Israel’s youth that, if left unchecked, may change the face of the country for years to come (Illustrative).

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: ‘We are losing the soul of the Reform movement’

"To turn against Israel is a sign of Jewish illness," Hirsch said Wednesday.

JUNE 1, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism conference on May 31, 2023

Reform rabbis gather for NYC conference to cement Reform Jewish values

Reform Judaism conference in New York addresses issues of Jewish Peoplehood, Zionism and the disappearance of conversion ceremonies in the movement

MAY 31, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Looking south across West 68th Street at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. (May 2011)

Judaism and democracy - enemies or friends? - opinion

The time has come to abandon old rivalries in order to offer interpretations of Judaism consistent with democracy so that Israeli voters can vote for a Jewish and democratic state.

MAY 1, 2023ByHANAN ALEXANDER
A PROTESTER holds a sign that reads: ‘I want democracy,’ at a demonstration in Herzliya, earlier this year.

MK Simcha Rothman met with protests at Jewish Agency meeting

One of the main demonstrators was Rabbi Lea Mühlstein, the International Chair of Arzenu, which represents Reform and Progressive Jewry.

APRIL 23, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Rabbi Lea Mühlstein

Reform and Conservative Jews feel discrimination in Israel - Jewish Agency chairman

Why do Reform and Conservative Jews feel unappreciated in Israel?

MARCH 1, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
REFORM JEWS hold up broken hearts as they demonstrate outside the Knesset in 1997 against pending legislation by ultra-religious parties to tighten their grip on conversion issues.

OU leader: Jewish character of Israel should be a value of all Jews

Rabbi Moshe Hauer stands by his principles in dialogue with the reform movement. Nevertheless, he stresses the importance of remembering that all Jews are one family.

FEBRUARY 23, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Rabbi Moshe Hauer

Amid anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Reform Jews are betrayed by rabbis - opinion

Our rabbis must declare unabashed support for Zionism and vehement condemnation of anti-Zionism in our very last sanctuary: our shuls.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023ByKATHRYN WOLF
THE ‘ISRAEL Apartheid Wall’ at Duke University: So many Jewish anti-Zionists cheer on the non-Jewish, anti-Zionist bullies, says the writer.