Presidents Conference rejects J Street bid
Despite rallying top organizations to back its application to join US Jewry’s umbrella leadership, dovish group fails to reach vote threshold
View ArticleReform movement may bolt Presidents Conf. in wake of J Street rejection
Departure of largest Jewish organization in US could undercut umbrella group’s credibility; Conservative movement also unhappy
View ArticleHas J Street won its fight for mainstream acceptance?
Dovish Jewish organization’s bid to join Presidents Conference failed, but generated unprecedented support
View ArticleConservative rabbis warn Israel losing Diaspora over lack of religious pluralism
MK Aliza Lavie vows at Texas convention to promote civil partnership, but receives bitter response from leaders infuriated by Rabbinate
View ArticleTop Agudath Israel rabbi slams Reform, Conservative movements
Yaakov Perlow also dismisses Orthodox groups who expand the role of women in prayer as ‘heretical’
View ArticleOrthodox condemnation of Reform and Conservative nothing new
The rant by Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, a.k.a. the Novominsker rebbe, against ‘heretic’ Jewish movements was hardly unprecedented
View ArticleIsrael’s first gay Masorti rabbi takes the pulpit
Rabbi Mikie Goldstein, an Englishman ordained in New York, will lead Congregation Adat Shalom Emanuel in Rehovot
View ArticleConservative day schools a hornet’s nest of labor disputes
As enrollment in non-Orthodox American Jewish schools drops, unions are rare — and becoming rarer
View ArticleRivlin greets Reform Movement leaders as ‘family’
President exchanges warm words with delegation in apparent effort to mend ties with group he once dubbed ‘idol worshipers’
View ArticleRabbi Harold Schulweis, thinker and activist, dies at 89
Los Angeles-area Jewish leader was an innovator in the synagogue, founded organization to fight hunger and poverty
View ArticleProminent Conservative rabbi considers breaking intermarriage ban
Wesley Gardenswartz proposes performing interfaith weddings before backing down, promises not to sever ties with movement
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox parties aim to roll back religious reform
Back in power, Haredi parties hope to revoke legislation on national service, conversions, and education
View ArticleNon-Orthodox fume over snub at Shavuot night event
Orthodox group slammed for refusing to allow Reform and Conservative rabbis to participate in Tel Aviv study marathon
View ArticleIsrael OK’s African-American family as citizens
Despite arriving in 2011 with Reform conversions recognized under Law of Return, Mosely family fought 4-year battle for recognition
View ArticleRivlin’s ‘rabbi swap’ for bar mitzvah event angers Conservatives
President agreed to host ceremony for disabled boys after Rehovot mayor banned celebration in local synagogue
View ArticleMasorti leaders say movement sidelined in autistic bar mitzvahs
After readying disabled children in Rehovot for rite of passage, Conservative movement left out of city-sponsored ceremony
View ArticleInsults to Reform Jews prompt inter-denominational dialogue
Initiative by Jewish Agency and Prime Minister’s Office comes in wake of inflammatory comments by Orthodox MKs
View ArticleRamah to open camp in northern California
Conservative movement’s ninth location will launch in summer 2016
View ArticleVandals attack Conservative shul in Modiin during Tisha B’Av service
Assailants barricade front doors, tie ropes to trip congregants on eve of fast day commemorating destruction of Jewish Temples
View ArticleStudy: 40% of Conservative rabbis would perform intermarriages
Around half say they have attended interfaith weddings, despite movement’s ban; some clergy dismiss ‘unscientific’ survey
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