Reform Movement
In the shadow of October 7: How Yom Kippur has changed for some secular Israelis
The October 7 attack has affected all Israelis somehow. Some have questioned God’s existence. Others have gotten closer to religion, and sought connection to spirituality.
Jerusalem Reform synagogue egged on Rosh Hashanah in second attack in a month
Fringe rabbis recruit Jewish clergy to lobby against US military aid to Israel, halt weapons sales
Banning anti-Zionist rabbis is the enlightened and liberal position - opinion
Gilad Kariv: The Labor candidate who could be the first Reform rabbi MK
POLITICS AND RELIGION: Gilad Kariv explains how he’s in a unique position to make real change if elected to the Knesset.
Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv in realistic fourth slot in Labor
The list will be headed by Labor leader Merav Michaeli, followed by former MK Omer Bar-Lev, who is a former commander of the elite IDF unit Sayeret Matkal.
Anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Reform Noam Party to run in March elections
The chairman of the party called for all the religious Zionist parties to run together, as otherwise they would likely not be able to pass the electoral threshold
Raised Catholic, Coleen Dieker sings in an Irish punk and Jewish band
Dieker, 31, doesn’t just play Jewish music. She’s in an Irish rock band called Flannigan’s Right Hook, and she can sing in Turkish and Spanish.
Senior religious-Zionist rabbis denounce contact with Reform leaders
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed participated in panel discussion with Reform rabbis evoking ire of the chief rabbi and most recently leading rabbinical figures in the religious-Zionist community.
Union for Reform Judaism appoints racial equity and inclusion director
The URJ's Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts focus mostly on addressing racial equality, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.
Progressive Judaism won’t surrender to the ultra-Orthodox in WZO - opinion
Jews of the Diaspora who are committed to Israel treasure the opportunity to engage in Zionist work under government auspices and to choose their own representatives to Congress deliberations.
Agreement gives powerful post to religious Zionists, ultra-Orthodox slates
The agreement gives the chairmanship of the WZO to the Likud, and initially chairmanship of KKL to Mizrachi Olami, the mainstream modern Orthodox and religious-Zionist slate.
Reform Judaism in Britain
Reform Judaism has faced a struggle against the established, comfortable, middle-of-the-road, non-haredi Orthodoxy that represented Judaism to most of the natiion.
Why do reform rabbinical schools deny those in interfaith relationships?
All my life, my community had told me that no matter who you are or who you love, you are equal in our community. But now it feels like I’ve been betrayed.
