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Fast Forward Jewish Theological Seminary names campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor
The former executive director of Penn Hillel says he wants to expand the Conservative movement flagship's influence as a representative of the "muscular middle."
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Fast Forward Steeped in history, Pensacola Jews celebrate the 150th anniversary of Florida’s oldest synagogue
The celebration included a gala and a visit to the grave of Florida's first Jewish mayor
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Fast Forward As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges in Cincinnati
The College for Contemporary Judaism pledges to fill a role soon to be vacated by the Reform movement’s historic midwest flagship
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Fast Forward Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association
Rabbi Gesa Ederberg is also likely the first convert to Judaism to hold the role
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Fast Forward Conservative rabbinical school Ziegler pauses admissions, signaling broader overhaul
The LA-based seminary has begun to distance itself from the Conservative movement under new leadership
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Fast Forward Longtime dean of Ziegler School retiring as Conservative seminary plots new course
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson will continue teaching; AJU ponders 'multidenominational' future
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Fast Forward Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage, signals new approach
A new report embraces engagement with interfaith families while leaving the ban on clergy officiation in place
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Fast Forward Could a $1,700 rebate change the landscape of Jewish education?
What a national school voucher program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will mean for American Jews — and why it’s dividing them
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