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Progressive Judaism
Moses on Mount Sinai, painted circa 1895-1900, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Wikimedia Commons)
January 3, 2018, 3:18 pm
It is time to say Kaddish for non-Orthodox Judaism
We should all be extremely saddened by the impending mass disappearance of the bulk of American Jewry
By Avrohom Gordimer
Rabbi Shai Held, a co-founder of Mechon Hadar, a traditional egalitarian yeshiva, has just released a book of Torah commentaries. (Courtesy of Mechon Hadar/via JTA)
January 3, 2018, 3:14 pm
Don’t rush to say Kaddish for non-Orthodox Judaism
The American progressive denominations are developing engaging programs; we Orthodox should learn from them
By Todd Berman
An ultra-Orthodox woman whistles in protest of the Women of the Wall group's Rosh Hodesh (New Jewish month) prayer at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 7, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 5, 2017, 1:38 pm
Breaking the Jewish gridlock
What if the Haredim traded progressive weddings in Israel for control of the Kotel?
By Ari Segal
July 16, 2017, 2:30 pm
Hitting back
A philanthropic strategy that responds to the Western Wall controversy (and doesn't withhold donations from hospitals)
By Alon Tal
Laura Janner-Klausner (Photo credit: CC BY-SA CotevDafWiki/Wikipedia)
From the WebJune 28, 2017, 1:04 am
UK progressive Jews call Western Wall reversal a ‘betrayal’
Senior Reform and Liberal figures slam decision to freeze plans for egalitarian prayer space, Jewish News reports; Board of Deputies president 'profoundly dismayed'
The Buenos Aires skyline (CC-BY-SA Patricio Dünkler/Wikipedia)
June 27, 2017, 4:01 am
Reform movement launching first rabbinical school for Spanish speakers
Buenos Aires institution will ordain students from Latin America, Spain and Portugal
By JTA
From left, Yael Cobano, Ruth Timon, Rabbi Stephen Berkowitz and Zohar Ben-David participating in the Torah reading at the Reform Jewish Community of Madrid. (Margarita Gokun Silver/via JTA)
June 11, 2017, 3:58 am
The female foursome that started Madrid’s first Reform congregation
City's progressive community, now a 26-family force of its own, uniquely focuses on inclusivity for women, the LGBT community and non-Jews
By Margarita Gokun Silver
Manhattanville Coffee, opened two years ago, merges two of Crown Heights' communities: It's a chic artisanal cafe with strict kosher certification. (Ben Sales/JTA)
May 19, 2017, 11:59 am
A Jewish hipster haven in the heart of Chabad’s Brooklyn territory
Known as Lubavitch Hasidic headquarters since the 1940s, Crown Heights is becoming home to a new kind of Jew
By Ben Sales
May 18, 2017, 2:54 pm
Progressive Jerusalem
The holiest of cities is a great unifier of Jews; no one group has the right to bar any other from it
By Daniel H. Freelander
February 28, 2017, 3:01 pm
We are women — hear us pray
The pinnacle of offensiveness, as she joined Women of the Wall for the most freeing and oppressive moments of her life
By Emma S. Jacobs
Protesters confront members of Women of the Wall at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Dec. 1, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 1, 2016, 9:01 pm
Women of the Wall subjected to body searches at prayers
Progressive Jewish group says ultra-Orthodox authorities at Western Wall 'continue escalation of violence against us'
By JTA and TOI staff
From left: Sean Taube, Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky, Taube Philanthropies founder and chairman Tad Taube, Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, and Taube Philanthropies executive director Shana Penn celebrate as The Taube Family Campus at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is named in Jerusalem, June 29, 2016. (Avi Hayun)
June 29, 2016, 11:38 pm
Hebrew Union College saluted as ‘beacon of tolerance’ at Jerusalem campus groundbreaking
Renovation of the Israeli headquarters for Reform Jewry funded by a $15 million grant from Taube Philanthropies
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, American Reform Rabbi Zachary Shapiro, center left, and other American and Israeli Reform rabbis pray at the Western Wall. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
May 27, 2016, 7:35 pm
Poll: Most Jewish Israelis back equality for Reform movement
33% of respondents say they 'especially identify' with Progressive Judaism, compared to 36% for Orthodox stream
By JTA
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