Reform Movement
Banning anti-Zionist rabbis is the enlightened and liberal position - opinion
Enlightenment philosophers envisioned open, tolerant societies. But they understood that a community without boundaries is as doomed as a language without grammar.
Amb. to US Yechiel Leiter condemns MK May Golan's 'disgusting' remarks on Reform Judaism
As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges
Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60
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.
Reform Judaism in Britain
Reform Judaism has faced a struggle against the established, comfortable, middle-of-the-road, non-haredi Orthodoxy that represented Judaism to most of the natiion.
Why do reform rabbinical schools deny those in interfaith relationships?
All my life, my community had told me that no matter who you are or who you love, you are equal in our community. But now it feels like I’ve been betrayed.
Reform movement gets $600,000 grant to support racial justice, diversity
The movement will work to recruit a more diverse staff and board with a focus on racial justice, a statement said.
Florida man to be charged with vandalism of 2 synagogues in Sarasota
Victor Martinez, 21, was named by the Sarasota Country Sheriff’s Office as the previously unidentified man who spray-painted swastikas and hate messages on both Sarasota synagogues.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic two major Brooklyn synagogues discuss merging
“While I am prouder than ever to be part of this congregation, our financial health has been seriously impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.”
