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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Julie Schonfeld

Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, March 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP/Matt Rourke)
April 30, 2020, 3:26 am
As Biden sex assault claim builds, some Jewish women reconsider their support
Revelations pose a serious challenge to Jewish feminists who are desperate to oust Trump in November, but also don’t want to be dismissive of the accusations
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha Congregation stands across the street from the synagogue in Pittsburgh, October 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
November 29, 2018, 12:16 am
Rabbis who survived Pittsburgh shooting mark 30 days of mourning
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers says that while the ‘nightmares, fear, insomnia and trauma’ remain, ‘the outpouring of compassion and love has been a soothing balm’
By JTA
Rabbi Dov Haiyun in Jerusalem on July 19, 2018 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 21, 2018, 8:31 am
Rabbi’s arrest signals Israel ‘no longer for all Jews’ — US Conservative leader
Steven Wernick says ‘infuriating’ detention of Dov Haiyun for performing weddings outside Rabbinate ‘gives the impression of a religious police’
By Eric Cortellessa
Rabbi Gershom Sizomu leads Uganda’s Jewish community. (Courtesy of Be’chol Lashon via JTA)
June 5, 2018, 8:36 am
Ugandan rabbi: ‘We need to be treated like any other Jewish community’
Israel’s Interior Ministry says it won’t recognize Abayudaya Jews as eligible for aliyah, despite their conversion by the US Conservative movement
By JTA
Jewish Ugandan women carry Torah scrolls in Nabagoye, Uganda (Courtesy of Be’chol Lashon)
June 2, 2018, 5:15 am
Conservative movement outraged by reports that Israel is blocking Ugandan Jews
Rabbi says rejection of the community converted under his denomination’s auspices, ‘is completely inconsistent with more than two decades of Israeli practice’
By Josefin Dolsten
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the executive vice president of the Conservative movement’s Rabbincal Assembly, delivers the closing benediction Monday, July 25, 2016, at the first day's proceedings of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (Ron Sachs)
March 23, 2018, 10:03 pm
First woman to run a major rabbis’ organization is stepping down
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld has led the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly since becoming its executive vice president in 2009
By JTA
Members of the Reform and Conservative Jewish movements hold torah scrolls during mixed men and women's prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 11, 2017, 7:10 pm
600 Conservative rabbis, leaders demand Netanyahu honor Western Wall deal
In letter to PM, denomination heads call on Israel ‘to embrace Jewish pluralism,’ end Orthodox rabbinate’s monopoly on religious issues
By JTA
A group of American Conservative and Reform rabbis and members of the Women of the Wall carry Torah scrolls during a protest march against the government’s failure to deliver a new prayer space, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, November 2, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 25, 2017, 9:29 pm
US liberal Jews decry ‘slap in the face’ from Netanyahu on Western Wall prayer
Conservative and Reform leaders may not be surprised by the latest development – years of experience have taught them better – but the sense of betrayal is powerful, and they’re determined to fight
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
In this March 19, 2017 photo, Franklin Perez dips his son in a special bath to mark their conversion to Judaism in Bogota, Colombia. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
From the WebMay 19, 2017, 4:13 pm
Bitter response from Diaspora over proposed Israeli Conversion Bill
The Jewish Week: Move to give chief rabbinate full control seen as major setback to liberal streams
By Steve Lipman
A holiday pageant recently put on by the New York metropolitan area Interfaith Community. (Nathaniel Johnston)
December 22, 2016, 2:46 pm
Is the Jewish community ready for a very merry interfaith Chrismukkah?
Over 60% of US Jews who married since 2000 have non-Jewish spouses. Will today’s youth be raised inside, outside, or maybe with one foot in the American Jewish community?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom officiating at the wedding of his stepdaughter and her fiance in 2014. (Courtesy of Stefanie Fox via JTA)
December 20, 2016, 3:22 am
Conservative group ousts rabbi for performing intermarriages
‘We are a halachic movement,’ says Rabbinical Assembly chief, but Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom warns policy is pushing away congregants
By Ben Sales
This file photo taken on September 25, 2016 shows a combination of images showing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Roanoke, Virginia on September 24, 2016 and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton September 21, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. (AFP)
November 4, 2016, 8:09 pm
Conservative movement election prayer urges adherents to consider ‘all that is at stake’
Rabbinical Assembly reminds worshipers to ‘strive to care about those with whom we disagree as dearly as we care about our own ideals’
By JTA
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Edison, New Jersey, October 15, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)
October 21, 2016, 2:38 am
350 women rabbis sign letter condemning Trump ‘hate speech’
GOP nominee’s ‘concept of the human person and the human body’ is incompatible with Judaism’s teachings, say spiritual leaders
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (JTA/Drew Angerer/Getty Images) and Republican rival Donald Trump (JTA/Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)
September 30, 2016, 10:30 pm
What can US rabbis say about Clinton vs. Trump during High Holidays?
With the Jewish holy days looming, many clergy want to address the US elections, but are afraid to violate the terms of their synagogue’s tax-exempt status
By Eric Cortellessa
Zoey Bailkin, 14, reads a passage from Isaiah at an interfaith gathering on Sunday, July 23, 2016, the eve of the Democratic National Convention. (Mikki K. Harris via JTA)
July 28, 2016, 5:31 am
At DNC, rabbis (and a 14-year-old) draw from scripture to rebuke Trump
Jewish leaders warn of ‘the anger of the mob,’ hold interfaith gathering in implicit – and often not so implicit – critiques of GOP
By Ron Kampeas
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