Reform Movement
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.
High Court grills state, Jerusalem over years-long holdup at egalitarian Western Wall Plaza
Diaspora Ministry pairs with US liberal synagogue rabbinical fellowship to strengthen Israel ties
Hebrew Union College ordains six new rabbis in Jerusalem, bolstering Israeli reform movement
US Reform, Conservative rabbis had enough of anti-Zionist rhetoric
DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A rabbinical coalition in the US is countering the growing trend of incoming Reform and Conservative rabbis who feel they need to avoid or criticize Zionism.
US Jewish narrative of the Western Wall controversy - opinion
Israel should be weary of embracing an American brand of liberalism that, demographically speaking, is something short of a success story.
An Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbi spend Shabbat together
For years Orthodox rabbis maintained that working with Conservative and Reform rabbis lends legitimacy to their movements and views of Judaism.
Jewish institutions call on Lapid to prevent violence at Western Wall
Heads of Jewish institutions to PM Lapid: "Concrete actions should be taken so that Jews of all streams feel at home at the Kotel."
US revokes visa of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu
A source close to Eliyahu also told the Post that the rabbi was summoned to the US embassy, asked to give over his passport and then his visa was taken out and the passport returned.
Shuly Rubin Schwartz inaugurated as first woman chancellor of JTS
“My goal is to offer a nuanced educational approach that prepares future leaders to share Judaism’s riches," said Shuly Rubin Schwartz in a speech.
US Jews back resolution calling awareness to infertility rates
The resolution declares “that the United States Government has a responsibility to help examine, create, and implement solutions to address and alleviate the problems associated with the disease.”
Hebrew Union College to end Cincinnati rabbinical program amid controversy
The decision comes after years of declining revenue and enrollment at the school — and months of bitter debate across the Reform community.
Hebrew Union College's downsizing plan sparks fierce debate in Cincinnati
The seminary’s leadership isn’t proposing closing the campus altogether. Instead, all HUC rabbinical students enroll in New York and Los Angeles, while Cincinnati will become a research center.
An Ohio rabbi’s misconduct involved a child. No one told his congregants
A photo showing Rabbi David Komerofsky and Rabbi Jon Adland a year into Komerofsky's employment took new meaning after Adland was named in a sexual misconduct report.