The Times of Israel

Major Jewish groups announce NYC rally against antisemitism during UN General Assembly

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:59:28 +0000

Organizers say Sept. 23 protest will urge world leaders to do more to counter 'growing tide of antisemitism' as they meet for week-long conference in New York City

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In first, US Conservative synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:34:05 +0000

While the policy change at Adath Jeshurun, a large Minneapolis-area congregation, goes against rules set by the denomination, top leadership has refrained from condemning it

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Probe into Conservative Jewish youth group finds ‘hypersexualized culture’

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:52:22 +0000

Inquiry following ToI exposé on decades-long abuse scandal identifies 41 alleged incidents of sexual misconduct by adults at USY, but concludes issues not systemic

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Jewish school head to leave after exposé showed scandal-hit staffer secretly kept on

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:38:06 +0000

2 months after ToI report on continued employment of man who ostensibly resigned in abuse scandal's fallout, Schechter Long Island tells parents Scott Sokol has taken job elsewhere

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New York Jewish school secretly kept on staffer who ‘resigned’ over abuse scandal

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:34:29 +0000

Schechter principal, deputy directed creation of a corporation to keep paying student life director Mike Hirsch, who had also been written up for inappropriately touching students

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Thousands of Haredim try to stop egalitarian prayer at Western Wall, clash with cops

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:49:56 +0000

Officers prevent Reform, Conservative leaders from entering worship area with Torah scrolls, as thousands of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators converge on holy site to disrupt them

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PM meets Reform, Conservative leaders after 6-year hiatus under Netanyahu

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:23:28 +0000

Bennett vows to improve conditions at Western Wall prayer space; MK Alon Tal, who attended sit-down, says he's optimistic about improving ties between Israel and progressive Jews

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ADL, other Jewish groups denounce ‘ongoing terrorism’ by settler extremists

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:04:22 +0000

In letter to Bennett, Lapid and Gantz, organizations urge 'unequivocal action' to stop violence against Palestinians, other Israelis and IDF; note damage caused to ties with US

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Conservative movement publishes list of rabbis it has expelled or suspended

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:40:10 +0000

Rabbinical Assembly says move part of review of its handling of misconduct allegations; 9 listed, including rabbi arrested in Israel for performing non-Orthodox wedding

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Daily Briefing August 19 – How the Taliban takeover affects US ally Israel

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:05:57 +0000

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman looks at the Afghan situation and a diplomatic crisis with Poland; US correspondent Jacob Magid describes developments in a USY sexual abuse report

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More victims, lawsuits and mounting anger at USY after ToI report alleging abuse

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:30:28 +0000

Conservative movement vows probe, suspends 2 staffers, as more alleged victims of longtime official surface; Jordan Soffer, 1st to speak out, says USY, USCJ haven't contacted him

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Eye on statute of limitations, alleged victim of US youth group leader speaks up

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:39:48 +0000

Rabbi Jordan Soffer demands USY, the Conservative movement's youth branch, explain why it turned blind eye to abuser for years, later allowed his employment as a synagogue director

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Why some US Jewish groups now recognize the Armenian genocide, and others don’t

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:52:04 +0000

Jewish officials have historically withheld recognition to protect Israel-Turkish relations and Turkish Jews; Ankara's current regime has changed that

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Cash-strapped US Conservative Judaism movement laying off staff

Fri, 03 May 2019 07:15:45 +0000

Cutbacks at movement’s umbrella organization said to be part of a long-term plan for financial rehabilitation

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Conservative Movement rips ‘dangerously radical’ Otzma Yehudit party

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:00:31 +0000

Rabbis warn against prospect of extremist faction joining coalition after elections, say they 'hope and pray it returns to a place of irrelevance'

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