Reform Movement
Herzog voices solidarity with Jerusalem Reform synagogue after repeated attacks
Herzog told the community leaders that he would discuss the incidents with the Israel Police and stressed “the utmost importance of freedom of worship for all in the State of Israel.”
Albert Axelrad, Brandeis Hillel rabbi who championed pluralism and social justice, dies at 87
In the shadow of October 7: How Yom Kippur has changed for some secular Israelis
Jerusalem Reform synagogue egged on Rosh Hashanah in second attack in a month
Court rules: Recognize Reform, Conservative conversions done in Israel for citizenship
High Court historic decision enrages the Chief Rabbinate and Orthodox political parties.
Reform threatens KKL-JNF with High Court petition over West Bank purchases
Ultra-Orthodox WZO faction accuses liberal groups of ‘cooperating with foreign parties to create diplomatic pressure’ after KKL-JNF gives preliminary approval to buy Palestinian property in West Bank
Gilad Kariv: The Labor candidate who could be the first Reform rabbi MK
POLITICS AND RELIGION: Gilad Kariv explains how he’s in a unique position to make real change if elected to the Knesset.
Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv in realistic fourth slot in Labor
The list will be headed by Labor leader Merav Michaeli, followed by former MK Omer Bar-Lev, who is a former commander of the elite IDF unit Sayeret Matkal.
Anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Reform Noam Party to run in March elections
The chairman of the party called for all the religious Zionist parties to run together, as otherwise they would likely not be able to pass the electoral threshold
Raised Catholic, Coleen Dieker sings in an Irish punk and Jewish band
Dieker, 31, doesn’t just play Jewish music. She’s in an Irish rock band called Flannigan’s Right Hook, and she can sing in Turkish and Spanish.
Senior religious-Zionist rabbis denounce contact with Reform leaders
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed participated in panel discussion with Reform rabbis evoking ire of the chief rabbi and most recently leading rabbinical figures in the religious-Zionist community.
Union for Reform Judaism appoints racial equity and inclusion director
The URJ's Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts focus mostly on addressing racial equality, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.
Progressive Judaism won’t surrender to the ultra-Orthodox in WZO - opinion
Jews of the Diaspora who are committed to Israel treasure the opportunity to engage in Zionist work under government auspices and to choose their own representatives to Congress deliberations.
Agreement gives powerful post to religious Zionists, ultra-Orthodox slates
The agreement gives the chairmanship of the WZO to the Likud, and initially chairmanship of KKL to Mizrachi Olami, the mainstream modern Orthodox and religious-Zionist slate.
