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“Rabbis Gottschalk and Zimmerman are among six prominent former male employees of seminary to be named in report”

JTA 6 men and a ‘good old boys’ culture harmed students at Reform movement’s rabbinical school, report concludes by Philissa Cramer and Asaf Shalev November 9, 2021 Sexual harassers led the Reform movement’s rabbinical school for more than three decades, … Continue reading

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“The Reform Movement–and 80 percent of American Jewry–has ceded sovereignty over Jerusalem to the Palestinians” [VIDEO]

COMMENTARY Reform Movement Backs Palestinians against Israel on Jerusalem by Evelyn Gordon December 6, 2017  That Arab and European leaders are protesting President Trump’s intent to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is no surprise. Nor is it any surprise that … Continue reading

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The Reform Movement and Birthright Trips

JEWISH PRESS Birthright Drops Reform Program, Claims Kids Prefer Orthodox Tours by JNi.Media November 27, 2017 The Reform movement is no longer certified as a trip provider for Birthright, according to a Judy Maltz report in Haaretz Sunday (How Orthodox … Continue reading

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“The Reform movement is in precipitous decline. Besides having merely 1.7 children per family, 60% of recent marriages have been with non-Jews. Only one of every five intermarried parents raises children as Jewish”

ARUTZ SHEVA A declining Reform Movement wants to Reform Israel by Rabbi Yaakov Menken March 22, 2016 …A mere 3 percent of Israeli Jews identify with the [Reform] movement, and even fewer attend one of the only 42 Reform congregations in the … Continue reading

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“After losing one third of its membership in less than three decades, US Conservative Movement hopes team of PR agents can save it”

JEWISH PRESS Conservative Judaism seeks to ‘rebrand’ as numbers plummet by Ari Soffer January 4, 2016 The American Conservative Judaism Movement is embarking on a major PR campaign as it attempts to counter rapidly dwindling numbers in the United States. Conservative Judaism … Continue reading

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Moving Beyond the Crisis: Efforts to rebrand the Conservative Movement

JEWISH JOURNAL Amid identity crisis, Conservative Jews pay for rebranding by Uriel Heilman November 20, 2015 Conservative Judaism is at a crossroads. The movement is committed to Jewish tradition, but it’s seeing a growing number of its young people walk out … Continue reading

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Reform Movement Won’t Back Nuclear Iran Deal

JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus August 20, 2015 The Reform movement concluded that the Nuclear Iran Deal ‘ does present a way forward, there are real dangers to rejecting it, and it does not foreclose Iran’s ability to become … Continue reading

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