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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

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Left: Conservative Rabbi Shalom Tzvi (Harry) Davidowitz (public domain); right: From right to left, Rabbi Mauricio Balter, executive director of Masorti Olami, Dr. Yizhar Hess, Rabbi Ashira Konigsberg, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, look up at the street sign named for Shalom Tzvi (Harry) Davidowitz, Herzliya, December 11, 2024. (Herzliya Municipality)
December 15, 2024, 6:06 am
1st street in Israel named for Masorti rabbi who influenced Declaration of Independence
In Herzliya, the Conservative Movement celebrates the commemoration of US cleric Shalom Tzvi Davidowitz, who is likely responsible for adding God into the historic 1948 statement
By Mati Wagner
Rabbi Dov Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin, study partners and co-authors of 'It Takes Two to Torah' (Lorin Klaris)
September 15, 2024, 4:33 pm
What happens when a seemingly odd couple becomes friends and Torah study buddies?
In their new book, Reform journalist Abigail Pogrebin and Orthodox Rabbi Dov Linzer show genuine warmth and respect for one another while not dancing around their differences
By Renee Ghert-Zand
'Next Stop' is the first novel by Benjamin Resnick, rabbi of the Pelham Jewish Center in suburban New York. (Kenneth Resnick; Simon & Schuster/ JTA)
September 13, 2024, 1:25 am
A rabbi’s debut novel imagines a black hole swallowing Israel. And then things get weird
Benjamin Resnick’s ‘Next Stop’ is set in a dystopian near future where the golden age of American Jewry is just a memory — as is the Jewish state
By Larry Yudelson
Protesters outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv demand early elections and a deal for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, August 10, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 15, 2024, 1:53 pm
Almost 100 US rabbis call on Netanyahu to finalize hostage deal
Statement does not directly call for ceasefire or mention Palestinians but says Jewish people cannot start healing until all hostages are home
By JTA and ToI Staff
Andrew Rehfeld delivers his inaugural address as president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 27, 2019. (Courtesy of HUC)
June 21, 2024, 10:06 am
Hebrew Union College rabbinical school to admit students in interfaith relationships
Policy change brings seminary in line with norms across Reform movement, where intermarriage is common; students with children must pledge to raise them as Jews
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Chaplain Baruch Siris visits with patient Clara Stofkooper at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, in this recent undated photo. (Courtesy/ Dina Frenkel)
May 17, 2024, 1:56 pm
Chaplain duo at Soroka hospital treat patients spiritually wounded by October 7
The country’s second-largest hospital has taken in some 3,000 people hurt during the Hamas atrocities and their aftermath, but as the clergy can attest, not all wounds are physical
By Diana Bletter
Rabbi Fred Neulander, incarcerated for hiring two hitmen to murder his wife Carol in 1994, is shown here in prison uniform from undated, unlocated footage in prison uniform, escorted by police. (Screen capture: Youtube/6ABC Philadelphia, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2024, 8:40 am
Rabbi who arranged wife’s murder to pursue affair dies in New Jersey prison at 82
Fred Neulander, founder of Reform M’kor Shalom congregation in Cherry Hill, avoided arrest for almost four years after hiring two hitmen to kill spouse Carol in 1994
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky speaks during an Israel-solidarity service in November 2023. Kalmanofsky is among a number of American rabbis to say that Israel's war is presenting challenging questions six months in. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 9, 2024, 12:52 am
US rabbis grapple with anxiety over Gaza destruction as war crosses six-month mark
Fearing for the Jewish state, some clergy are calling for some form of ceasefire, while others acknowledge Palestinian suffering but support powering through toward victory
By JTA
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 mural of Reb Aryeh Levin adorns the outside of a building in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
March 9, 2024, 9:22 am
Learn about Reb Aryeh, the ‘Prisoners’ Rabbi’ of pre-state Israel who visited lepers
Identifying troops’ bodies via a kabbalistic ritual and comforting the jailed, downtrodden and sick, the beloved Aryeh Levin earned a reputation for piety in early 1900s Jerusalem
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Rabbi Art Green. (Hebrew College/ via JTA)
February 8, 2024, 1:50 am
Students and followers struggle following the Art Green sexual misconduct revelations
As the ousted founder of Hebrew College’s rabbinical school is the subject of a 3rd major email, focus has shifted to a pained community who relied on him for teaching and guidance
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Arthur Green, right, and Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport speak, May 17 2013. (Wikimedia commons/Flickr/CC-A-2.0/Festival of Faiths)
January 30, 2024, 8:48 pm
Prominent scholar barred from Hebrew College following sexual misconduct allegation
Founding dean of rabbinical school Rabbi Arthur Green retired in 2022 due to ‘private matter’ concerning ex-student, but is newly banned from grounds as fresh issue arises in Israel
By Jackie Hajdenberg
File: US President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's economic agenda during an event at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md., September 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 15, 2023, 1:19 pm
‘I have your back’: In Rosh Hashanah message, Biden vows to combat antisemitism
In hour-long call with rabbis, US president vows to fight hatred of Jews ‘at every turn,’ asserts antisemitism at ‘a record level, echoing the worst chapter in human history’
By Michael Horovitz
A composite image, from left, of Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 15, 2023; Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a hearing in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022; and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 6, 2023, 5:07 pm
Top rabbis imply government wouldn’t have to obey potential court rulings against it
Rabbis, some with links to far-right parties, say ‘majority, as reflected in elections,’ is the only legitimate authority, but also push sides to try and reach compromise
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yosef Paryzer, who is accused of using the alias "Jack Segal" to engage in rape by deception. (Israel Police)
September 3, 2023, 5:09 pm
Court extends custody of rabbi suspected of rape by deception
32 women come forward to accuse Yosef Paryzer, a US citizen and married with kids, of using alias ‘Jack Segal’ on dating apps to pursue long-term relationships
By ToI Staff
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