Posts Tagged: Reform Judaism
Head of Israel’s Labor Says Party Supports ‘Improved’ Iran Deal, Calls Netanyahu Approach a Failure
The head of Israel’s opposition Labor party said Tuesday that it would support a revamped nuclear agreement with Iran, and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Building a Reform Synagogue in Israel Is Not Easy
COVID-19 not only puts our own health at risk, but it is also a threat to the very fabric of our society and the values...
Reform’s Embrace of Reparations Won’t Advance Justice
JNS.org - At the Reform Biennial conference held earlier this month, the movement to grant reparations to African-Americans scored a signal victory when the largest...
Why US Jewish Leaders Have a Problem With Netanyahu
JNS.org - I recently wrote about the foolish and arrogant letter sent by the American Reform and Conservative movements and some of their associated organizations to US...
Reform Jews Support Israel at Convention, but Some Question Timing of Jerusalem Move
Jacobs was addressing the record-breaking 6,000 Reform Jews gathered in Boston for the Union for Reform Judaism’s (URJ) 74th North American Biennial General Assembly. But it...
Reform Jewish Leaders Are Ruining Their Movement by Wading Deeper into Politics
JNS.org - Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), recently wrote a blog post responding to the movement’s politically conservative and centrist...
Calling for Religious Unity Only Leads to Division
In our day, the word “tolerance” has become very popular, as have words such as “pluralism,” “democracy” and “unity.” These terms are used so often...
Why Is Reform Movement Leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs Hosting an Anti-Israel Agitator?
Aymen Odeh, the leader of the Knesset's Joint Arab List, generally uses moderate language to create the deceptive image of himself as a peacemaker -- unlike...
A Promise That Should Be Kept
The leader of the Reform movement of Judaism just opened the door to a machloket l’shem shamayim – an argument for the sake of heaven – that,...
Israel Must Recognize and Fund All Sects of Judaism
JNS.org - Earlier this month, at The Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an important appeal for Jewish unity...
Reform and Conservative Jewish Movements Welcome Scouting Back Into Fold
JNS.org - At the recent Union for Reform Judaism biennial convention, the staff and delegates were audaciously hospitable to the National Jewish Committee on Scouting. This...
An Open Letter to Rabbi Richard Jacobs on His Comments About Israel
“Diaspora Jews should not support the misguided policies of Israeli leaders …. Israel should look to North America for moral guidance” -- Rabbi Richard Jacobs speaking at the URJ...
Reform Judaism Umbrella in US Poised to Back Transgender Rights
JNS.org - The umbrella body of Reform Judaism in the US is set to pass a resolution to recognize the rights of transgender individuals. The Union for...
Meet the Radio Host Behind Israeli Minister’s Reform Judaism Interview Stir
JNS.org - When Israeli Religious Affairs Minister MK David Azoulay (Shas) told Israel’s Army Radio station in July that “a Reform Jew, from the moment he...
