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A smashed window at Jerusalem's Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem that was vandalized on August 14,2026. (Kol HaNeshama via X)
August 17, 2026, 1:37 am
Jerusalem Reform synagogue vandalized over Shabbat: ‘Won’t dim our light’
Kol HaNeshama says no congregants were on the premises during attack; MK Gilad Kariv, a Reform rabbi, slams the vandals as ‘incited hooligans’
By Noam Lehmann
Ofri Meoded Danon and his mother celebrate his bar mitzvah at the egalitarian plaza of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel in May 2023. (Courtesy of Meoded Danon)
June 23, 2023, 9:56 am
Red tape keeps non-Orthodox worshipers a stone’s throw from the Western Wall
5 years after stone collapse at holy site, authorities have yet to reopen access to Wall at egalitarian section; religious activists argue delay is deliberate
By Canaan Lidor
Taxis park during a protest against a change in meter prices in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 4:09 pm
Israeli transport app pays NIS 6 million to Arab drivers who sued over discrimination
Class-action lawsuit results in settlement with Gett and end to its Mehadrin service, which offered Orthodox customers option to use only drivers who don’t work on Shabbat
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Newborn babies at the English Mission Hospital, in Nazareth, October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 30, 2023, 7:29 pm
High Court ends Orthodox monopoly on conversion of non-Jewish kids up for adoption
After 20-year legal battle, state agrees to examine each such adoption on a case-by-case basis instead of continuing blanket mandate
By ToI Staff
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
A police officer stands between a group of ultra-Orthodox youths and a bar mitzvah ceremony at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall on June 30, 2022. (Laura Ben-David)
July 26, 2022, 4:53 pm
Government bans gender-separation barriers at Western Wall egalitarian plaza
After series of disturbances, Prime Minister’s Office tells director of site to block anyone seeking to bring a ‘mehitza’ into prayer space
By Jeremy Sharon
A view from the entrance of the Robinson's Arch prayer platforms, April 2018. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)
June 13, 2022, 6:18 pm
Reform, Conservative leaders grumble over government inaction on Western Wall deal
Heads of non-Orthodox movements meet with cabinet secretary for update, after PM promised to improve egalitarian prayer space
By Judah Ari Gross
Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with police as they protest members of the Women of the Wall movement bringing in Torah scrolls to their hold Rosh Hodesh service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on March 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2022, 7:49 pm
Thousands of Haredim try to stop egalitarian prayer at Western Wall, clash with cops
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
By ToI Staff
Representatives of the Reform and Conservative movements of Judaism from North America and Israel stand outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem before a meeting on February 28, 2022. (Reform Movement in Israel)
February 28, 2022, 5:23 pm
PM meets Reform, Conservative leaders after 6-year hiatus under Netanyahu
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
By Judah Ari Gross
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a Shas party election rally at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem on February 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 26, 2021, 12:32 am
Ombudsman: Axe chief Sephardi rabbi from religious court over anti-government action
Former justice says Yitzhak Yosef should be prohibited from intervening in sensitive partisan issues, after organizing a conference against religious reforms
By ToI Staff
Anna Kislanski (Courtesy)
October 28, 2021, 6:54 am
The new head of Israel’s Reform movement is cautiously optimistic
Anna Kislanski, who took the helm of the organization after Rabbi Gilad Kariv was elected to the Knesset, believes the new government could revive the Western Wall compromise deal
By Amy Spiro
Gilad Kariv, leader of the Reform movement in Israel and a candidate for Knesset on the Labor party list, poses for a photo at the Party's headquarter In Tel Aviv, Israel, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
March 19, 2021, 11:05 am
1st Reform rabbi set to enter Knesset shrugs off hostility and boycott threats
Labor candidate Gilad Kariv puts his religious stream closer to the center of power in Israel; Orthodox parties criticize him as face of ‘illegitimate’ Judaism
By Laurie Kellman
Congregation Natan Ya's sanctuary in Netanya, which was flooded by vandals on January 26, 2019. (Courtesy)
February 6, 2019, 2:32 pm
Police yet to identify suspects in vandalism of Reform synagogue in Netanya
10 days later, authorities have no leads in investigation into flooding at Natan Ya, which is marking its 50th anniversary; rabbi says attacks have increased as more members join
By Jacob Magid
File: A view of the Kol Haneshama synagogue building in Jerusalem, July 8, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 3, 2018, 12:48 pm
Stone thrown at worshipers during festivities at Jerusalem Reform temple
Kol HaNeshama congregation files complaint with police after object lands in courtyard in the midst of post-Simhat Torah celebrations
By ToI Staff
The Kehilat Yonatan progressive congregation at prayer in the central Israeli city of Hod Hasharon. (Kehilat Yonatan website)
August 26, 2018, 11:12 pm
Reform congregation wins right to build synagogue in central Israeli town
Kehilat Yonatan in Tel Aviv suburb of Hod Hasharon first asked for land for its building 15 years ago, but faced excessive red tape from municipality
By JTA
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