Most Clicked This Week
- "While the Israeli public is feeling despondent over the situation in the north and the terrible news from the drone battlefield, some are talking about a huge achievement and the possibility of years of quiet"
- "An engaging spy series just bought by Apple TV does more than caricature Iran and the Mossad"
- Has the Obama Administration Become Iran’s Lawyer?
- #BDS How can leaders of Breaking the Silence be scheduled to speak at Columbia University on March 31st?
- Most European Jews taking a pass on shul attendance this Rosh Hashanah
- “Israel has a right — according to international law — to protect its citizens from constant terror attacks, even those committed by young Palestinians”
- “Trump administration officials, and now apparently Lindsay Graham, are actively working to put together plans for a new Iran Deal”
- #Palestinian #PayForSlay “Such flouting of anti-terrorism financial regulations is only possible through the maintenance or use of correspondent accounts at United States banks”
Tag Archives: Reform
“Judges say converts through non-Orthodox denominations in Israel must be considered Jews for citizenship purposes; chief rabbis fume”
JERUSALEM POST Court rules: Recognize Reform, Conservative conversions done in Israel for citizenship by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jeremy Sharon March 1, 2021 An expanded nine justice panel of the High Court of Justice ruled on Monday to recognize conversions by … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Conservative, Conversion, Reform
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65% of Israelis favor dissolution of Chief Rabbinate, increasingly a Jewish Vatican
ISRAEL HAYOM Israeli Chief Rabbinate seeks to emulate role of the Vatican by Isi Leibler January 14, 2016 The tensions created by the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate within Israeli society have extended to the Diaspora and are now undermining relations with … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Chief Rabbinate, Diaspora, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, Isi Leibler, Orthodox, Reform
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Reform Jews welcome transgendered
THE ATLANTIC Reform Jews: Transgender People Are Welcome Here by Emma Green November 5, 2015 Reform Jews are not the first religious group to take a welcoming stance towards transgender people, but so far, their approach may be the most … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Politics
Tagged LGBT, Reform, Transgender, Union for Reform Judaism, URJ
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Presidents Conference rejects J Street’s membership bid
JTA April 30, 2014 WASHINGTON (JTA) — J Street failed to gain admission to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The vote of conference members Wednesday was 17 in favor, 22 against and three abstentions, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged ADL, Conservative, J Street, Presidents Conference, Reform
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 