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News Reform Jews say they’ve created their first New York City burial society
50 volunteers will follow the intricate Jewish laws governing the preparation of a Jewish body for burial
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BINTEL BRIEF We plan to raise our son Jewish, but I’m opposed to circumcision for medical and moral reasons
A Reform Jew wonders how to honor tradition as well as their own sense of what is right
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Opinion Another seminary welcomes students in interfaith relationships. It’s time for the rest of liberal rabbinic schools to follow suit
Hebrew College is the latest rabbinical school to revoke its policy of banning students in interfaith relationships
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Fast Forward 100+ Jewish groups sign onto open letter to Elon Musk on Twitter antisemitism
Though drafted by the Union for Reform Judaism, signatures include congregations, schools, political groups that cross denominations
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Fast Forward Judaism’s largest US denomination pens open letter to Elon Musk over rise in Twitter hate speech
The Union for Reform Judaism expressed concern Musk may have his own white supremacist sympathies
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Fast Forward Jewish institutions should divest billions in fossil fuels, new report says
The Jewish nonprofit Dayenu encourages Jewish groups to divest $3 billion in non-renewables and invest it in clean energy
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Fast Forward ‘Not a theocracy’: Proposed change to Israel’s Law of Return sparks concern
The results of Israel’s recent election skewed toward right-wing candidates, some of whom want to restrict who the country welcomes under its Law of Return
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Opinion Israeli city refuses to allow a synagogue for Reform congregation. We’re suing
In Israel, funds for synagogue construction are channeled almost exclusively to the ultra-Orthodox
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