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Illustrative: A member of the medical staff at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
May 15, 2023, 10:55 pm
Knesset Health Committee approves reform of private health insurance market
Changes aim to eliminate duplicate costs for consumers who pay for both commercial policies and premium-level HMO coverage, garnering praise from some activists
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons/ via JTA)
April 12, 2022, 5:46 pm
Hebrew Union College to end rabbinical program in Cincinnati
Seminary approves plan to enroll all students at HUC’s campuses in New York and Los Angeles; move comes after years of declining revenue and enrollment
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Newly ordained rabbis from Hebrew Union College's class of 2013 in Cincinnati celebrate with their ordination certificates outside the historic Plum Street Temple. (Janine Spang/JTA)
March 24, 2022, 8:40 am
Hebrew Union College may stop ordaining Reform rabbis in Cincinnati after 147 years
As the movement’s students flock to its branches on the coasts, the HUC board is set to vote next month in NYC on a proposal to replace the current program with a low-residency one
By Andrew Lapin
A student in Hartman secondary school in Jerusalem takes a matriculation exam in mathematics in 2010 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 8, 2022, 11:01 am
Major education reform will slash number of high school matriculation exams
Students will be required to pass 4-5 exams instead of 12-14; reform expected to come into effect next year
By Tobias Siegal
An Israel Electric Corporation employee working on an electric line. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
May 11, 2018, 11:09 am
Board of directors at Israel Electric Corp. approves ‘historic’ reform
Decades in the making, reform aims to increase competition in local electricity market and create more streamlined and efficient company
By Shoshanna Solomon
Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency, signs books at a Times of Israel event in Jerusalem, May 7, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2017, 8:32 am
Jewish Agency cancels dinner with PM over Western Wall decision
Board of governors scraps agenda, to focus on cabinet decision to freeze plan for pluralistic prayer pavilion
By ToI Staff
Applicants at the Kemach office in Jerusalem (Courtesy)
December 7, 2015, 9:50 am
Kemach offers Haredim a dignified way out of poverty
In what is playing out as a revolution from within, tens of thousands of kollel students are applying for grants to study a profession
By Simona Weinglass
September 9, 2014, 12:50 am
Court blocks NGO control over Old City southern complex
Legal ruling says the government cannot transfer area to Elad, as site includes non-denominational prayer platform
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative: Pro-life activists gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2014. (photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
June 27, 2014, 12:58 am
Jewish groups ‘concerned’ over abortion clinic ruling
Groups say decision to ban buffer zones will endanger staffers and clients
By JTA
US soldiers next to a Patriot anti-missile battery west of Jerusalem (illustrative photo: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
March 26, 2014, 11:21 pm
US soldiers get first new siddur since WWII
Reform, Orthodox and Conservative rabbis cooperate to create prayer book, which includes foreword by Obama
By JTA
The frequency of interfaith weddings in the US has groups like 18Doors advocating for more inclusion by Jewish communities and clergy. (Illustrative photo courtesy of Ashley Novack/JTA)
August 8, 2013, 10:37 pm
The war over intermarriage has been lost. Now what?
Across the spectrum of observance, Jewish leaders are embracing rather than shunning Jews and their gentile partners
By Uriel Heilman
Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur (photo credit: Jean-François Paga)
June 21, 2013, 11:51 am
No liberté and égalité in France for women rabbis
Promoting a progressive French Jewish movement is a Sisyphean battle, says Delphine Horvilleur, one of only two female rabbis
By Rebecca Benhamou
Illustrative: BBYO participants. (Courtesy of BBYO via JTA)
April 1, 2013, 7:49 pm
New study offers tips on engaging Jewish teens
Research suggests social media, stronger staffing and added flexibility are effective for cultivating hard-to-reach group
By Gil Shefler
The headquarters of Warsaw’s Jewish community, right, known as the “white building,” could be torn down to make way for a taller, modern building. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
February 2, 2013, 10:43 pm
Warsaw Ghetto building pits Jews against fellow Poles
In historic irony, gentiles seek to save structure the city’s growing Jewish community wants to knock down
By Vanessa Gera
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