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A view of Greenwich, Connecticut (CC BY-SA Quintin Soloviev/Wikimedia Commons)
October 26, 2026, 6:22 am
CAIR Connecticut urges Greenwich schools to stop using Jewish camp over its Israel ties
Reform rabbi says he is proud of camp’s links to Israel as it faces concerns by parents, including over promotional material for visit to youth military program in Israel
By Toby Axelrod
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt at the Never is Now conference in New York, March 5, 2024. (courtesy)
October 11, 2026, 9:52 am
ADL chief pays solidarity visit to Jerusalem Reform synagogue targeted in repeated attacks
Jonathan Greenblatt attends Friday night services at Kol HaNeshama, which was vandalized on High Holidays; says ‘no congregation should be targeted because it chooses to be inclusive’
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog welcome members of the Israeli public to the President’s Residence sukkah in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2026, 5:01 pm
Herzog calls leaders of Jerusalem Reform synagogue after attacks, follows up with police
Series of incidents targeting the congregation in recent weeks includes break-ins, vandalism and harassment; three minors arrested
By Deborah Danan
A smashed window at Jerusalem's Kol HaNeshama, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem that was vandalized on August 14, 2026. (Kol HaNeshama via X)
September 23, 2026, 4:20 pm
Three minors arrested after repeated vandalization of Jerusalem Reform synagogue
Suspects detained following smashing of plate and ripping down of LGBTQ flag at Kol HaNeshama on Yom Kippur, as well as egg-throwing incident on Rosh Hashanah
By Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and JTA
Illustrative: A view of the Kol HaNeshama synagogue building in Jerusalem, July 8, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
September 21, 2026, 9:40 pm
Jerusalem Reform synagogue vandalized on Yom Kippur, in third attack in a month
Assailants damage Kol HaNeshama days after youths pelted worshipers with eggs; Reform movement says recent incidents cannot be treated as isolated
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A view of the Kol HaNeshama synagogue building in Jerusalem, July 8, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
September 16, 2026, 10:33 am
Jerusalem Reform synagogue pelted with eggs on Rosh Hashanah in second attack in a month
Security camera footage shows youths in Jewish religious garb verbally harassing congregants, then throwing eggs at them; police given footage, but no arrests yet
By ToI Staff
A smashed window at Ramat Hasharon's Darchei Noam Reform synagogue that was vandalized on August 23, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 24, 2026, 6:05 pm
Reform synagogue vandalized in central Israel, in second such incident in 10 days
Ramat Hasharon mayor demands police investigation after assailants smash windows of Darchei Noam congregation
By ToI Staff
Social Equality Minister May Golan speaks in the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 9:22 pm
Ambassador to US slams minister’s ‘disgusting’ remark that Reform rabbi marries dogs
Yechiel Leiter’s condemnation of May Golan’s attack on MK Gilad Kariv comes as over 500 Jewish leaders demand envoy himself apologize for calling J Street a ‘cancer’ in Jewish community
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and JTA
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons)
April 16, 2026, 9:37 am
New rabbinical school arises in Cincinnati as Hebrew Union College sued over closure
College for Contemporary Judaism centers around liberal Judaism, commitment to backing Israel, and serving US Jews between the coasts where rabbinical access is limited
By Andrew Lapin and ToI Staff
A tourist walks on the temporary egalitarian prayer platform, built in 2013 in Jerusalem's Old City Davidson Archeology Park, as seen on April 12, 2016. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
February 18, 2026, 12:25 am
Local and state government trade blame over delays upgrading Western Wall egalitarian plaza
High Court of Justice holds hearing on status of religious right at Jerusalem’s holy site for first time in years, demands answers on why 2017 directive by PM not yet implemented
By Rossella Tercatin
A boy celebrates his bar mitzvah on the egalitarian Ezrat Israel plaza near the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on June 19, 2023. (Courtesy of the Masorti Movement in Israel)
February 17, 2026, 8:21 am
High Court to hold hearing on Western Wall egalitarian services for first time in years
Liberal Jewish groups seek to ensure full rights for egalitarian prayers despite ultra-Orthodox opposition, long after government nixed compromise on the matter
By Rossella Tercatin
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani arrives at the National Action Network (NAN) Annual Thanksgiving Feeding event in Harlem, New York City, on November 27, 2025. (Kena Betancur / AFP)
December 12, 2025, 7:31 pm
After meeting Mamdani, leading NY rabbi says ‘deeply’ worried about next 4 years
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch says he was ‘pleased’ to meet with mayor-elect, but remains concerned about his ‘harsh ideological anti-Zionism’
By Luke Tress
The World Union for Progressive Judaism's 2023 Connections conference in Jerusalem (WUPJ)
October 21, 2025, 5:02 pm
Marking global centennial, Reform movement aims to build bridges, strengthen Israel ties
At its biannual conference in Jerusalem, the World Union for Progressive Judaism will repoen its Beit Shmuel headquarters as a cultural center and event space
By Zev Stub
Michael Marmur, a Reform rabbi based in Jerusalem and associate professor at Hebrew Union College, in his office on June 10, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2025, 7:30 am
New book by Reform rabbi broaches the most indigestible of Jewish questions
In ‘Living The Letters – An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought,’ Israeli scholar Michael Marmur says future of Jewish state, modern Judaism keep him up at night
By Rossella Tercatin
From left to right: Labor MK Gilad Kariv at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) and Likud MK Galit Distel Atbaryan at the Knesset on July 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2025, 9:08 pm
‘The Jews here want to continue’: Likud MK kicks Reform rabbi out of Knesset hearing
Labor MK Gilad Kariv states women can wrap tefillin, prompting outrage from Distel Atbaryan, who appears to compare act to giving dog a bar mitzvah
By Michael Horovitz, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
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