Never mind electric cars. The Conservative movement has bigger problems
How you get to shul is not as important as whether you live a Jewish life
electric car
The Latest
-
Opinion -
Fast Forward Conservative rabbis endorse use of electric cars on Shabbat, but divisions over driving remain
The vote was 10 in favor, six against, five abstained.
-
Life What Killed One of Israel’s Highest Flying Hi-Tech Start-Ups?
When Better Place’s charismatic CEO Shai Agassi gave his viral TED talk in 2009, describing how his company’s innovative electric car technology could help stop climate change and free nations from the yoke of oil dependence, investors and business leaders worldwide took notice. Countries from Japan to Denmark to Australia signed on, and the privately-held…
-
Opinion Can Israel’s Electric Car Revolution Rev Up?
Can the American man leading Israel’s solar power revolution work his magic on the country’s ailing electric car company? Better Place launched with big, international plans, but went bankrupt earlier this year. Now, Yosef Abramowitz, an idealistic American businessman who first became acquainted with Israel on a Young Judea gap-year program and has had a…
-
Breaking News Electric Car Company Better Place Files for Israel Bankruptcy
The electric car company Better Place, which had pledged to erect electric car charging stations throughout Israel, has filed for bankruptcy in an Israeli court. In a motion filed in Tel Aviv’s Central District Court on Sunday to dissolve the company, Better Place said it was looking for a temporary liquidator. The company, based in…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion Trump’s NYC rally was a morally disgusting glimpse of the MAGA future
- 2
Opinion I’m a U.S. Navy veteran. Here’s why I’m protesting Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally
- 3
FIRST PERSON As a rabbi, he helped others mourn. So why wouldn’t his daughter say kaddish for him?
- 4
Film & TV He directed a film about the 1939 fascist MSG rally — here’s what he saw at Donald Trump’s
In Case You Missed It
-
Sports The Jewish Sport Report: After a thrilling World Series, a historic Jewish MLB offseason is on-deck
-
Fast Forward Argentina’s Javier Milei selects Jewish ambassador to replace foreign minister he fired
-
Culture ‘A Real Pain’ is Jesse Eisenberg’s love letter to Poland, the country his family left under duress
-
News When colleges shut down their ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs,’ they prompted debates over anti-Zionist Jewish observance
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
