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Israel News Why Israel’s New Reform Congregations Shun ‘R’ Word
(Haaretz) — When the Reform movement recently opened its first congregation in the Negev capital of Be’er Sheva, its members had just one little request: They didn’t want to be called Reform. They’re not alone. Although the Reform movement has been making considerable inroads in Israeli society in recent years, it turns out its name still…
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Fast Forward Conversion Reform Bill Moves Ahead in Israel
A Knesset committee has for the second time approved a bill allowing local rabbis to oversee conversions to Judaism in Israel. The bill is now slated to be returned to the full Knesset for its second and third readings. The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday approved the conversion bill by a vote…
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Fast Forward Reform Rabbis Seek To Aid Immigrants Facing Deportation
Reform rabbis are contacting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in an attempt to delay the deportation of undocumented workers. Rabbis Organizing Rabbis partnered with immigration advocacy organizations to ask the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to exercise discretion when deciding whether or not to deport anyone, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the…
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Fast Forward Reform and Conservative Shuls Gain Ground in Israel
(Religion News Service) — At Beit Daniel, a Reform synagogue in Israel’s secular metropolis, 75 members gather for the Friday evening Sabbath service, led by a female rabbi and a guitar-strumming cantor. Long used to new faces and numerous Hebrew accents, the congregation these days is getting even more diverse. That’s because even as Israel…
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News Jewish Groups Warm to Climate Change Battle
By day, Janna Diamond works for HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. At night she battles climate change. In recent months, the 29-year-old activist has been staying up late sending emails, attending planning meetings and tirelessly trying to recruit Jewish sponsors for the September 21 “People’s Climate March” in New York City. Her work —…
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Fast Forward Reform Congregations To Hold Bone Marrow Drives on Yom Kippur
Seventy-five Reform congregations throughout the United States are holding bone marrow registration drives on Yom Kippur. For the second year in a row, the Reform Movement has partnered with the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation in an effort to register as many potential donors as possible. A simple cheek swab will be taken from…
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Opinion Prayers for the State of Israel. Yes, Now, on Tisha B’Av
I get the impression that a lot of folks are feeling lost and helpless right now as we watch the tragedy unfolding in Israel and Gaza. Especially with Tisha b’Av approaching, people are looking for some way to express what they’re feeling in a manner that joins them with others in a community of spirit,…
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News Will Rabbi David Saperstein’s Departure Mean Watershed Change at the RAC?
The Religious Action Center, Reform Judaism’s lobbying arm in Washington — and an enduring mainstay of liberalism in the capital — is about to undergo a seminal change. Rabbi David Saperstein, the center’s voluble longtime director and chief legal counsel, is packing his bags. Nominated by President Obama on July 28 to be America’s ambassador…
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