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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Conservative Judaism

Yosef Kibita poses with his new Israeli passport. (Courtesy Masorti Movement in Israel)
August 17, 2024, 7:55 am
After 7-year legal battle, Uganda Jewish man finally gets Israeli citizenship
Interior Ministry approves the bid of Yosef Kibita from the Abayudaya community after four conversions and years of roadblocks
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A solar eclipse seen from Yunlin county, central Taiwan, on June 21, 2020. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
April 8, 2024, 6:41 pm
US Jews join eclipse-gazing throngs, as solar excitement blots out ancient fears
Synagogues set up viewing parties, with some rabbis saying Monday offers opportunity to say blessing for natural wonders, others that it is a time to reflect on majesty of nature
By JTA
A groom smashes the glass in a Jewish wedding, under the huppah (Mor Seban; iStock by Getty Images)
January 31, 2024, 8:39 pm
Conservative rabbis urged to engage with interfaith families, still can’t marry them
While a ban on officiating at intermarriages still stands, the movement is recommending an array of changes, from new rituals to updated hiring regulations, to increase inclusivity
By jacob gurvis
Cantor Sarah Freudenberger at a ketubah signing ceremony for an interfaith wedding she officiated in October 2023. (Courtesy Freudenberger via JTA)
January 8, 2024, 1:43 am
To welcome interfaith couples, US Conservative synagogue hires cantor who can wed them
While most clergy in the denomination aren’t allowed to perform interfaith weddings, Sarah Freudenberger’s temple takes advantage of a loophole to send an inviting message
By Gavi Klein
Conservative rabbis from across the United States surround Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin (center), whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, October 31, 2023. (Courtesy Fuchsberg Center)
November 3, 2023, 10:34 am
US rabbis make solidarity trip to Israel for firsthand experience of Hamas onlsaught
Group visits Ofakim and Be’eri, where terrorists killed more than 100 people, meet with parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
By Eliyahu Freedman
Jared Armstrong, right, playing professional basketball in Israel. (Courtesy of Armstrong via JTA)
August 26, 2023, 3:53 pm
Basketball player who fought for Israeli citizenship promotes Black-Jewish ties
Among his efforts, Jared Armstrong will run a free basketball clinic for middle schoolers in Philadelphia on Sunday that has Black and Jewish kids coming from as far as Connecticut
By jacob gurvis
An illustrative photo of a charging electric car. (Scharfsinn86 via iStock by Getty Images)
July 28, 2023, 6:48 am
Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, still divided on driving
Just 10 members of the movement’s 25-rabbi Committee on Jewish Law and Standards were in favor and 6 voted against, 5 rabbis abstained, 4 did not attend
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Screen capture from video of the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 16, 2023, 4:08 am
US Conservative rabbinical school to relocate to Beverly Hills
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies will move to new premises near Pico-Robertson neighborhood, the ‘heart of Jewish life’ in Los Angeles
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rabbi Harold Kushner gives an interview aired November 26, 2004. (PBS screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2023, 12:54 pm
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88
Influential congregational leader wrote bestselling theological guide after his son was diagnosed with fatal premature aging condition progeria
By Ben Harris and PHILISSA CRAMER
The Conservative Movement's 2023 Passover guide recommends browsing for certified gluten-free, oat-free products ahead of Passover when making their holiday purchases this year. (Getty via JTA)
April 9, 2023, 1:50 pm
Amended Conservative Jewish Passover policy taps into booming gluten-free market
Rabbis make a pandemic-era emergency measure permanent, allowing certain FDA-certified products to be purchased ahead of the holiday even without a kosher for Passover label
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Stephen Weiss in a 2020 video. (Screen capture: Youtube, Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 2, 2023, 12:38 am
Cleveland-area rabbi sentenced to prison for soliciting underage sex
Stephen Weiss, formerly senior clergy at a Conservative synagogue, given six months; prominent rabbi William Lebeau draws criticism for acting as character witness
By Andrew Lapin
Demonstrators rally on a highway in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 19, 2023, 7:48 pm
Conservative movement: Legal overhaul would ‘eviscerate’ Israeli checks and balances
Joining other international Jewish groups, Masorti-Conservative leadership comes out in favor of President Herzog’s call to freeze legislation, hold dialogue on judicial reform
By Judah Ari Gross
'Judaism in a Digital Age,' by Rabbi Danny Schiff. (Book cover courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan/ Portrait courtesy of Joshua Franzos)
February 14, 2023, 2:25 am
As non-Orthodox Judaism wanes, a rabbi sees an updated mission in the digital age
In his new book, Danny Schiff urges a return to the religion’s roots, shifting focus from synagogue attendance to being a moral beacon in an age of wild technological advancement
By Toby Tabachnik
Channel 14 workers and supporters protest against Yair Lapid, the then-prime minister, in Tel Aviv on October 11, 2022. The poster reads: "Especially now: 14" (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 11, 2023, 2:23 am
Court rules right-wing TV network discriminated against non-Orthodox Jewish groups
Channel 14 ordered to pay $46,000 to Reform, Conservative groups over refusal to give airtime to their voices, which violated the terms of its license as a Jewish tradition network
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: In addition to no heat and light in Chernivtsi, lack of electricity means lack of TV and radio use, along with spotty internet service. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images via JTA)
December 17, 2022, 4:41 pm
In Ukraine, Hanukkah candles are a lifeline in the midst of power outages
As Israeli emissaries of Conservative Judaism arrive with supplies in the western city of Chernivtsi, they find fellow Jews in the cold and dark hoping for a miracle to end the war
By Steve Lipman
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