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A protest organized by a large number of Jewish groups gathers outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters to protest ICE raids and arrests in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images, via JTA)
March 12, 2026, 9:01 am
‘Do not oppress the stranger’: 1,000-plus US rabbis sign letter backing immigrant rights
Ahead of HIAS’s annual ‘Refugee Shabbat,’ Jewish clergy from 45 states invoke biblical commandments, say ‘tradition is clear’ in support of refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers
By Grace Gilson
A photo of Andrea Weiss, former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Ellen Dubin via JTA)
March 5, 2026, 2:29 pm
Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60
Former Hebrew Union College provost, the first-ever woman to ordain rabbis in the Reform movement, is praised by colleagues for bringing her ‘whole heart’ to everything she did
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Yosef Paryzer, who was convicted of of using the alias "Jack Segal" to deceive up to 12 women into having sexual relations with him (Israel Police)
February 19, 2026, 4:14 pm
Jerusalem rabbi gets 20 months for using fake ID to dupe 12 women into sleeping with him
Married father used alias ‘Jack Segal’ on dating sites between 2016 and 2023, posing as secular and single; also ordered to pay up to $4,800 compensation per victim
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
A line of interfaith leaders protest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, Jan. 23, 2026. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman was arrested and briefly detained during the demonstration. (Courtesy of Rabbi Aaron Weininger via JTA)
January 24, 2026, 5:23 am
Minnesota rabbi among dozens arrested in faith leaders’ anti-ICE protest
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman briefly detained while trying to disrupt operations at airport that fellow rabbi says ‘is being used to deport folks’
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Rafi Ellenson (left) and Rabbi Arielle Stein (right), the creators of the 'Rabbinic Fit Check' Instagram account. (JTA/Rafi Ellenson)
January 3, 2026, 3:03 am
From a modest start, an Instagram look book for Jewish clergy is starting to take off
With stereotype-breaking ‘what they’re wearing’ posts, rabbis Arielle Stein and Rafi Ellenson showcase the rabbinate’s different stripes on lifestyle account Rabbinic Fit Check
By Grace Gilson
Hannah and Ally Karpel-Pomerantz met as rabbinical school classmates at Hebrew Union College. They are set to be ordained at the end of the school year. (Courtesy via JTA)
November 23, 2025, 3:44 am
Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate
A new study provides empirical evidence for a trend many have seen coming for years, as new models and broken barriers bring an influx of leadership from a once-marginalized population
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
FILE: A rabbinical student reads at the Synagogue of the Black Hills in Rapid City, S.D., September 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Kristina Barker)
November 12, 2025, 9:20 pm
Study finds ‘shortage’ of US rabbis is more about fit than numbers
In first-ever empirical study of the American rabbinate, excluding Haredi circles, rabbinic foundation says declining enrollment in rabbinical schools is ‘surmountable challenge’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani answers questions from the press after hosting a "Reverse Town Hall" with New York union workers on October 17, 2025, in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
October 23, 2025, 1:23 am
850+ US rabbis sign letter opposing Mamdani and the ‘political normalization’ of anti-Zionism
Letter calling to ‘defend the Jewish future’ rejects ‘false choice’ of ‘treating Jewish self-determination as a negotiable ideal or Jewish inclusion as something to be granted’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia leaves the podium at the National Press Club in Washington, August 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
October 21, 2025, 2:27 am
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, longtime progressive US activist and author, dies at 92
From Philadelphia, Waskow spent over six decades championing progressive causes like civil rights, economic injustice and climate change through a spiritual Jewish lens
By Ben Harris
A collage of events that happened in the past year, 5785. (JTA illustration by Grace Yagel)
September 22, 2025, 4:49 pm
What are Jews in the pews most hungry to hear this new year? Rabbis weigh in
In a time of turmoil in the United States and Israel, clergy offer High Holiday messages of hope and resilience
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative: Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal prepares Torah scrolls at the synagogue of the Chabad community in Berlin, Germany, Friday, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
August 28, 2025, 4:24 am
Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC synagogues
Accidental dropping of the cherished scrolls can impact local communities – and the Jewish news cycle – while how it’s dealt with can teach us much about contemporary Jewish values
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Illustrative: A rabbi leads a blessing with wine in hand and tallit draped over his shoulders (Courtesy / Moti Dolgin via JTA)
August 14, 2025, 6:46 am
US Conservative rabbi quits movement, preempting sanctions over performing intermarriages
As the denomination’s ethics committee opens an investigation into rabbinical scion Ari Yehuda Saks’ participation in interfaith weddings, the cleric doesn’t wait for a verdict
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A woman and a boy sit by debris and destroyed tents following overnight Israeli bombardment at a camp sheltering in displaced in the northwest of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 28, 2025. (AFP)
July 30, 2025, 3:22 am
As images from Gaza spread, US rabbis wrestle with war’s morality from the pulpit
Amid pressure on Jewish institutions to reckon with ongoing war, clergy ask Israel to alleviate suffering in Gaza, employing a Jewish moral vocabulary in a moment of despair
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Americans, some belonging to a coalition of Jewish groups, gather to demand that Israel let more aid into Gaza, outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan on July 28, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
July 30, 2025, 2:51 am
35 US rabbis arrested in separate NYC and DC demonstrations for Gaza food aid
27 held after protesting in Senate majority leader’s office, 8 others detained near Israeli consulate, reflecting growing concern for Gazan civilians among liberal Jewish leaders
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Deborah Waxman speaks at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation in Abingdon, Pennsylvania, May 19, 2024. (Courtesy Reconstructing Judaism via JTA)
May 4, 2025, 3:57 am
Why Reconstructionist Judaism head Rabbi Deborah Waxman is stepping down after 13 years
After leading the progressive denomination for ‘almost a generation’ as it grappled with issues like interfaith relationships and anti-Zionism, she’s inviting in younger leadership
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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