Reform

Rebecca Eisenstadt and her shih-poo, Scout, can be found shuttling between the Upper East Side homes of her 40 tween students — or “Jewdents,” as she calls them.

“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.

A new reform announced by the Education Ministry will cancel the bagrut exams in humanities subjects and replace them with one comprehensive project.

The decision comes after years of declining revenue and enrollment at the school — and months of bitter debate across the Reform community.

Approximately 7,200 applicants are awaiting responses regarding recognition of their disabilities and the degree of help that will be offered to them. The One Soul program will speed up the process.

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.

Reform and Conservative movements are expected to march toward the Western Wall while Haredim are arranging protests.

MK Gilad Kariv said he hopes the meeting leads to a building proper egalitarian prayer site at the Kotel in the months ahead.

Seventy years of religious repression, civil marriage and intermarriage have brought many people of Jewish descent to Israel who are not halachically Jewish.

Modifications to kashrut and conversion systems represent a key opportunity to address critical issues in Jewish practice that demand change.