Tag: Reform Jews
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 was President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US would...
Reform movement’s rejection of Trump call on embassy move to Jerusalem irks Israel
The Reform movement’s negative reaction to President Donald Trump’s call to prepare moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is “deeply frustrating and disappointing,” Israel’s consul in New York said.
Dani Dayan made the remarks on...
Poll: number of Reform Jews in Israel doubles
Israel’s population of Jews who identify with the liberal Reform movement has more than doubled over the past seven years, despite remaining considerably low.
The seven percent of Jews in Israel identifying with the movement...
Reform Jews at crossroads on Israel
In my 13 years as the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, I avoided criticizing Israel. This year is different.
The Israeli government’s decision to back out of its pledge to expand a non-Orthodox...
For the first time, Spain-born liberal rabbi ordained
The main rabbinical seminary in Europe for Reform and Masorti Jews ordained the first ever Spain-born Progressive rabbi, the seminary’s spokesperson said.
Rabbi Haim Casas, who was born and raised in Cordoba, was ordained at...