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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Reform Judaism

IDF Reserve soldiers and Orthodox Jews take part in prayer and the weekly reading of a Torah Scroll at dawn just before a military exercise on the Golan Heights, April 1, 2024. (Michael Giladi/ Flash90)
October 23, 2024, 8:21 am
How Israeli Jews face the Simhat Torah holiday, forever marred by Oct. 7 massacre
Rabbis recommend muted celebrations, less festive meals and new liturgy, on the first anniversary of the Hamas atrocities that also celebrates completing the reading of the Torah
By Mati Wagner
Joshua Leifer and his new book, "Tablets Shattered." (Courtesy/Dutton Publishing via JTA)
October 4, 2024, 8:55 am
What Matters Now to Joshua Leifer: The fall of US Jewry and how it can rise again
While a product of the Conservative movement, the left-wing journalist argues in a new book that ultra-Orthodoxy offers blueprint for ensuring that American Jewish life can thrive
By ToI Staff
The School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam, May 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 22, 2024, 2:55 am
LA and Jerusalem rabbis tapped to support German rabbinical schools
Rabbis Bradley Shavit Artson, Yehodaya Amir set to lead seminaries associated with the University of Potsdam in a move criticized as endangering ‘the unity of the Jewish community’
By Toby Axelrod
President of the Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi Rick Jacobs at The Times of Israel's Jerusalem office, July 4, 2024. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
July 6, 2024, 2:13 pm
Daily Briefing July 6: Day 274 – Rabbi Rick Jacobs on reaching out to anti-Zionist Jews
The president of the Union for Reform Judaism says the future of Diaspora Jewish life is not in question, but it is up to Jewish leadership and educators to shape its contours
By 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
Rabbi David Ellenson is serving as HUC interim president. (Courtesy of HUC via JTA)
December 8, 2023, 3:21 am
Rabbi David Ellenson, former head of Reform seminary and admired mentor, dies at 76
Renowned historian, adviser and confidant, who served as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 12 years, passes away of heart ailment
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, in Jerusalem on June 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2023, 8:56 am
What Matters Now to Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Coalitions of faith and conscience
The president of the Union for Reform Judaism, which represents some two million Jews in North America, makes an onsite tour of Israel to be able to report back and shore up support
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Students praying at Schechter Manhattan. (Screenshot via JTA)
October 4, 2023, 7:17 pm
Schechter Manhattan school to close at end of year as enrollment declines
Institution will merge into the Reform Rodeph Sholom school as average class size shrinks to 7 students
By Ben Sales
Jerusalem Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar praying for forgiveness (Selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, early on September 25, 2022, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 12:46 pm
High Court: State must explain why it hasn’t disciplined Jerusalem chief rabbi
Court gives government 21 days to respond regarding lack of action over Shlomo Amar’s comments disparaging Reform Jews, LGBTQ community, Women of the Wall
By ToI Staff
Members of the Women of the Wall, Conservative and Reform Movements hold Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, March 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 20, 2023, 6:48 pm
Court bans Torah bag searches at Western Wall, in limited win for Women of the Wall
Ruling nonetheless reaffirms that attendants at holy site may enforce rules preventing women from using scripture in ‘unauthorized ways’ once they enter complex
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch gives a sermon at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York, March 17, 2023. (Screenshot)
March 18, 2023, 12:46 pm
Leading NY rabbi: Israeli government speeding ‘headlong toward abyss’ with overhaul
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue says in his ‘most painful’ sermon: ‘Israeli government is tearing society apart, bringing world Jewry along for dangerous ride’
By ToI Staff
Security personnel face off with protesters opposed to the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 3, 2023, 5:35 pm
American rabbis, contending with new Israeli government, weigh different approaches
Some US Jewish religious leaders address hardline Netanyahu coalition from the pulpit, while others are more reticent, as Jerusalem’s new policies force a reckoning
By Andrew Lapin
'Judaism in a Digital Age,' by Rabbi Danny Schiff. (Book cover courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan/ Portrait courtesy of Joshua Franzos)
February 14, 2023, 2:25 am
As non-Orthodox Judaism wanes, a rabbi sees an updated mission in the digital age
In his new book, Danny Schiff urges a return to the religion’s roots, shifting focus from synagogue attendance to being a moral beacon in an age of wild technological advancement
By Toby Tabachnik
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
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 8, 2021. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
December 7, 2022, 5:01 am
Will synagogues shun ‘effective altruism’ movement after Sam Bankman-Fried scandal?
Maximum-impact giving to save lives in the developing world has caught on among Reform Jews in particular, but the scandal involving one high-profile supporter is tainting optics
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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