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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

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Reform and Conservative Jewish leaders at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2016. (Courtesy Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism)
November 11, 2022, 10:48 pm
$2.3 million plan to improve ties with non-Orthodox Jews uncertain after election
Watchdog reveals existence of plan to bring American youth to Israel and hold communal events in the US, without any apparent reference to issues driving disconnect
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Union for Reform Judaism, stands in his office in New York in May 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2022, 3:23 am
US Reform head hopeful on Israel-Diaspora ties, despite Jerusalem inaction
In extensive interview with ToI, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of North America’s largest Jewish movement, stresses commitment to Zionism, strides in improving ties with Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
A law enforcement officer lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
May 26, 2022, 1:07 am
Jewish groups share horror over Texas shooting, but remain split on gun control
Organizations affiliated with liberal and progressive streams of Judaism call for reforms after latest mass killing, but others shy away from taking politically fraught stance
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Some 5,000 US Jewish worshipers join in a Friday night service, on December 13, 2019. (Rob Dicker/Union for Reform Judaism/JTA)
February 17, 2022, 10:53 pm
Reform movement’s longtime youth director named in report on sexual misconduct
Investigators hired by Union for Reform Judaism reveal dozens of incidents of sexual abuse, including 17 involving minors, that took place over past 50 years
By Asaf Shalev
A firefighter douses the flames in an Israeli car after it was allegedly set on fire by Jewish extremists in the West Bank near the outpost of Givat Ronen on January 21, 2022. (Courtesy: Yesh Din)
January 25, 2022, 4:04 pm
ADL, other Jewish groups denounce ‘ongoing terrorism’ by settler extremists
In letter to Bennett, Lapid and Gantz, organizations urge ‘unequivocal action’ to stop violence against Palestinians, other Israelis and IDF; note damage caused to ties with US
By JTA and Jacob Magid
FBI Special Agent In Charge Matthew DeSarno speaks at a news conference near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on January 15, 2022 in Colleyville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images via AFP)
January 17, 2022, 9:03 am
With info scarce, US authorities, Jewish groups differ on Texas attacker’s motives
FBI declares gunman ‘singularly focused,’ Biden says he had multiple agendas; Reform movement sure targeting of synagogue was antisemitism, but synagogue itself says it was random
By Jacob Magid
Rabbi Michael Cook teaches a class at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 2016. (Janine Spang)
December 23, 2021, 6:31 pm
Probing ethics process, Reform group finds late rabbi ducked abuse complaints
New report commissioned by the Central Conference of American Rabbis reveals how Michael Cook was able to continue teaching after formal allegations were lodged against him
By Asaf Shalev
Rabbi Mary Zamore, the executive director of the Women's Rabbinic Network (Steve Shawl via JTA)
August 12, 2021, 4:11 am
Reform movement probing itself over history of bungling sex abuse allegations
Denomination’s seminary, rabbinical association and synagogue network each hire different law firms to investigate cases of harassment and abuse to better ensure accountability
By Asaf Shalev
A child holds up a KKL-JNF blue box to collect donations in this undated photo. The blue box was one of the first ways to raise money for the fledgling KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund and was common in many Jewish homes. (Courtesy KKL-JNF)
February 23, 2021, 5:15 pm
KKL-JNF’s support for settlements sparks fierce debate on storied charity
As it mulls expanding its activities to the West Bank, the 120-year-old Zionist organization spurs burgeoning opposition from left-leaning Jewish groups in the US
By Joseph Krauss
Illustrative photo of the ultra-Orthodox West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit, and the Arab village of Wadi Fukin below, June 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 13, 2021, 1:54 am
US Reform movement condemns KKL-JNF plan to buy West Bank land for settlements
Union for Reform Judaism says proposal to spend millions in and around existing settlements could ‘politicize support for cherished Zionist institutions’
By ToI Staff
Friday night prayers at the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial Dec. 13, 2019. (Rob Dicker/Union for Reform Judaism/JTA)
December 18, 2019, 5:23 am
Pushing the boundaries of tradition: Inside America’s biggest Shabbat service
5,000 people gather to pray at the apex of the Reform Jewish movement’s biennial conference in an experimental service with a range of styles and moods
By Ben Sales
Members of the Armenian community march with flags and torches on April 23, 2015, in Jerusalem's Old City, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
December 13, 2019, 2:52 am
Why some US Jewish groups now recognize the Armenian genocide, and others don’t
Jewish officials have historically withheld recognition to protect Israel-Turkish relations and Turkish Jews; Ankara’s current regime has changed that
By Eric Cortellessa
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and and Richard Sandler, chairman of board of trustees for the Jewish Federation of North America, at the JFNA's General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 13, 2019, 3:59 pm
With Netanyahu’s win and settlement sovereignty vow, a Diaspora ‘rupture’ alert
Saying it’s because they ‘love Israel,’ some American Jewish leaders warn annexing the settlements would create a major political emergency and further isolate much of US Jewry
By Eric Cortellessa
Reform leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs (Robert A. Cumins/JFNA via JTA)
April 11, 2019, 1:05 am
US Jewish leaders offer congratulations, criticism to Netanyahu on election win
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, condemns Netanyahu’s pre-election rhetoric in support of annexing West Bank settlements
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
April 3, 2019, 3:04 am
3 liberal US Jewish groups back anti-BDS congressional resolution
Text introduced in Congress last month seen as a compromise to enlist Democratic support; J Street and Americans for Peace Now don’t sign on
By Ron Kampeas
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