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Tag Archives: Reform Jews
A senior rabbi in the US Reform Judaism stream recently issued a rare warning about the potential split in the movement if some of the anti-Israel elements are not countered
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Senior Reform rabbi warns of ‘devastating’ rift because of anti-Israel sentiment Ariel Kahana June 6, 2023 Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, delivered the keynote … Continue reading
“How to explain the apparent indifference of mainstream Jewish groups and politicians to the spike in hate crimes committed against Jews?”
POWERLINE BLOG Attacks on Orthodox Jews spike; mainstream Jewish groups seem indifferent Paul Mirengoff October 10, 2019 …Caroline Glick believes the explanation lies in the kind of Jews who are being attacked and the kind of people doing the attacking: … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, New York, Orthodox Jews, Reform Jews
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Reform Movement “condemnation of Trump and the implication that all people of faith are bound to oppose him creates a toxic mix of partisanship and religion”
JNS Reform launches a political war in time for the High Holidays by Jonathan Tobin September 12, 2019 It turns out that the Jewish community didn’t need to wait until the synagogues were packed for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur … Continue reading
“Leaders of the North American Reform movement decried President Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Jewish Agency chief: Reform criticism of Trump’s Jerusalem move was ‘terrible’ by Staff and JTA December 12, 2017 Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky on Tuesday lambasted the Reform movement’s critical response to US President Donald Trump’s recognition … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Reform Jews, Union for Reform Judaism
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“The board of every Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist synagogue in the US should evaluate the wisdom of positioning their brand as the religious wing of the Democratic Party”
TIMES OF ISRAEL To survive, American Judaism must abandon ideological inbreeding by David Kinnear September 20, 2017 …It is well known that the American synagogue is generally plagued by declining enrollment and diminished interest among congregants. Is preaching leftist politics … Continue reading
“Decision to suspend the plan prompted warnings that it may spark a crisis with Diaspora Jews, especially in the US” [VIDEO]
ISRAEL HAYOM Decision to nix Western Wall compromise riles Diaspora by Shlomo Cesana, Mati Tuchfeld, Yehuda Shlezinger, Yori Yalon and Staff June 26, 2017 The government on Sunday shelved a long-overdue plan to open a mixed-gender prayer area at the Western … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Kotel, Reform Jews, Shas, Western Wall
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A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews
PEW RESEARCH CENTER August 26, 2015 A Further Analysis of the 2013 Survey of U.S. Jews American Jews tend to be more highly educated and politically liberal than the U.S. public as a whole, as well as less religiously observant, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Jews, Orthodox, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research, Reform Jews
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