Tag Archive: Reform Judaism

Women of the Wall to Hold Historic Service at Western Wall

The Western Wall’s first all-women priestly blessing will cap a recent string of victories for religious freedom.

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Taking Back the Mikvah

Shatil is fighting back against a bill that would restrict women’s use of ritual baths.

Statement of New Israel Fund RE: The “Fiendish Deeds” of Liberal Judaism

We at the New Israel Fund, who have long supported religious freedom and pluralism in Israel, are outraged by the latest initiative by leaders of the ultra-Orthodox movement to clamp down on the growing strength of liberal denominations in Israel.

Ritual Baths Declared Open for all Conversions

A Supreme Court ruling guarantees that a crucial state-funded religious service is open to all Jews.

Cancellation of Conversion Reform Angers Israelis

MK David Azoulai has sparked an international backlash with his offensive comment that “Reform Jews aren’t Jews.”

David Rotem: Give the Brother Some Love

I’ve never met Israeli Knesset Member David Rotem.  I don’t think I’d recognize him if I bumped into him on the street–whether the long, arboreal pathways of Prospect Park or the frenetic tumult of Mahane Yehuda on a Friday afternoon.