Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Reform Judaism, a major liberal Jewish denomination.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Reform Judaism, a major liberal Jewish denomination.
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Breaking News Reform Leaders OK Boy Scouts After 14-Year Ban
Reform Jewish leaders have lifted a 14-year prohibition against synagogues having Boy Scouts troops. The change of heart came in response to an announcement last Monday by the Boy Scouts of America that it was canceling its policy of banning gay adults from being scout leaders and other employees. In 2001 — shortly after the…
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Opinion Why Does My Hillel Favor Orthodox Over Reform?
Israel has been in the news recently for public officials’ . Unfortunately, downplaying Reform Judaism is not only an Israeli problem — it’s also haunted me throughout my experience at my campus Hillel. And at Hillel, it’s not coming from public official thousands of miles away. It’s in my home. Hillels all over the country…
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News Is There a Brighter Future for Reform Judaism in Israel?
Jerusalem native Noa Sattath came out twice to her family: first as a lesbian, and later as a Reform rabbi. But it was her second admission that ruffled her secular Israeli parents. “For them, Judaism is a lost cause,” said Sattath, who is the director of the Israel Religious Action Center, the Reform movement’s legal…
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Breaking News Bias Against Non-Orthodox Has Deep Roots in Israel
(JTA) — Israeli Religious Services Minister David Azoulay — from the haredi Shas Party — drew a wave of backlash earlier this week when he said that Reform Jews aren’t Jews. Among those who spoke out against the minister was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “A Reform Jew, from the moment he stops following Jewish law,…
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Breaking News Slurs Against Reform Jews Spur Israel Roundtable
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office will convene a roundtable of representatives from Jewish religious movements and government ministries to address the movements’ concerns. The decision to form the roundtable follows statements denigrating Reform Jews made by Religious Services Minister David Azoulay of the Haredi Orthodox Shas party, Jewish Agency…
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Breaking News Israel Minister Not Sorry for ‘Sinner’ Slur Against Reform Jews
Israel’s religious services minister said that his remarks about Reform Jews were taken out of context, but he did not apologize for their nature. “Of course, all Jews, even though they sin, are Jews,” David Azoulay of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party said Wednesday in a speech on the floor of the Knesset. “At the…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Rejects Attack on Reform Judaism by Shas Minister
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected comments attributed to the country’s religious services minister in which he attacked Reform Judaism. The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement Wednesday night saying that Netanyahu “strongly disagrees” with the comments of David Azoulay of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas Party, in which he reportedly called Reform…
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Breaking News Shas Minister Calls Reform Jews ‘Disaster’ for Israel
Israel’s religious services minister reportedly called Reform Jews “a disaster for the people of Israel.” David Azoulay of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party made the comments during a meeting to discuss the Women of the Wall group, Israel Hayom daily newspaper reported Wednesday. The meeting reportedly took place on Tuesday between Azoulay and Justice Minister…
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