The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/progressive-judaism/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:11:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Progressive Judaism | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/progressive-judaism/ 32 32 UK’s top 2 Progressive rabbis: Israel’s direction risks it becoming ‘incompatible with Jewish values’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-top-2-progressive-rabbis-israels-direction-risks-it-becoming-incompatible-with-jewish-values/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:44:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3811787 Israeli government's path 'fractures our relationship with Israel,' and criticizing it, far from disloyalty, is 'a Jewish obligation,' Rabbi Charley Baginsky says

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]]> Progressive Jews sound alarm over bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall https://www.timesofisrael.com/progressive-jews-sound-alarm-over-bill-cementing-orthodox-control-of-western-wall/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:09:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3763124 Diaspora leaders warn criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Wall will exclude many from Judaism's holiest site, violate World Zionist Organization resolutions

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]]> Progressive rabbis booed off stage at UK hostage rally after backing Palestinian state https://www.timesofisrael.com/progressive-rabbis-booed-off-stage-at-uk-hostage-rally-after-backing-palestinian-state/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:08:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3617789 Two Progressive Judaism leaders reject 'violence, terror, and the suffering of civilians' as method to build state, express sympathy for innocents killed in conflict

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]]> UK’s liberal Jewish streams merge into unified ‘Progressive’ movement https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-liberal-jewish-streams-merge-into-unified-progressive-movement/ Mon, 19 May 2025 14:20:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3552540 Resolving ideological differences, the new movement represents about 30% of the country's affiliated Jews

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]]> ‘Sounding the alarm’: Progressive Jews decry Netanyahu government at New York rally https://www.timesofisrael.com/sounding-the-alarm-progressive-jews-decry-netanyahu-government-at-new-york-rally/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:56:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2957621 Jewish groups protest outside Israeli consulate in Manhattan against judicial overhaul, West Bank policies, and to show solidarity with demonstrations in Israel

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]]> NY synagogue’s looming demise highlights Conservative Judaism’s struggles to survive https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-synagogues-looming-demise-highlights-conservative-judaisms-struggles-to-survive/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:53:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2798572 The Jericho Jewish Center has aimed to consolidate with a nearby congregation, but years of negotiations over men and women praying together finish with the plan voted down

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]]> Settlement boycott latest in series of progressive stances by Ben & Jerry’s https://www.timesofisrael.com/settlement-boycott-latest-in-series-of-progressive-stances-by-ben-jerrys/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:55:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2586358 Ice cream giant has named flavors after Bernie Sanders and backs causes related to climate change, LGBT rights, criminal justice reform and racial justice

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]]> Pope Francis sends Hanukkah greetings to international head of Progressive Jewry https://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-francis-sends-hanukkah-greetings-to-international-head-of-progressive-jewry/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:15:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2446098 Argentine Rabbi Sergio Bergman receives handwritten Spanish-language holiday note from countryman

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]]> Activist, politician, rabbi: Sergio Bergman takes the helm of Progressive Jewry https://www.timesofisrael.com/activist-politician-rabbi-sergio-bergman-takes-the-helm-of-progressive-jewry/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:12:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2323315 Social justice champion and former Argentine environment minister is ready to take on Israel's Orthodox status quo and fight for recognition of 1.8 million Jews he now represents

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]]> Gabbay backs call to recognize non-Orthodox Jews after US synagogue shooting https://www.timesofisrael.com/gabbay-backs-call-to-recognize-non-orthodox-jews-after-us-synagogue-shooting/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:41:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1950604&preview=true&preview_id=1950604 But Zionist Union chair also rapped by deputy minister for calling on US Jewish community 'to immigrate more and more to Israel, because this is their home'

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]]> Deputy minister: Recognize non-Orthodox Jews after US synagogue shooting https://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-minister-recognize-non-orthodox-jews-after-us-synagogue-shooting/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 09:55:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1950136 Michael Oren says Diaspora Affairs Minister Bennett should not 'suffice with condolences' on his trip to Pittsburgh

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]]> Arrest me: I too officiated at non-Orthodox weddings https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/they-came-for-a-conservative-rabbi-is-now-the-time-to-speak-out/ Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:00:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1892474 They came for a Conservative rabbi. How much more will it take for liberal Jewish leadership to say enough is enough?

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]]> Rebalancing the Jewish world https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/rebalancing-the-jewish-world-comments-at-hebrew-union-college-commencement/ Fri, 04 May 2018 15:50:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1843637 To Reform HUC graduates: We must act to prevent Israel and the Diaspora from breaking apart

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]]> It is time to say Kaddish for non-Orthodox Judaism https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yes-sadly-saying-kaddish-for-non-orthodox-judaism/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:18:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1763939 We should all be extremely saddened by the impending mass disappearance of the bulk of American Jewry

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]]> Don’t rush to say Kaddish for non-Orthodox Judaism https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/saying-kaddish-for-american-non-orthodox-judaism/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:14:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1763908 The American progressive denominations are developing engaging programs; we Orthodox should learn from them

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