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Reform movement publishes extensive report on sexual misconduct in its youth programs
By Yonat Shimron — February 17, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We are heartbroken and distressed by these accounts and we profoundly apologize for the enduring pain caused to so many,’ said UJR leaders in a statement.
At Shavuot, 3 NC synagogues find unity in online Torah study
By Yonat Shimron — May 28, 2020
(RNS) — The six-hour online Torah-fest may be a harbinger of the kinds of creative changes in Jewish communal life resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Should Reform and Conservative Judaism merge?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 19, 2020
(RNS) — In the post COVID 19 era, will Jewish denominational differences still matter?
How Netanyahu’s win could further polarize American Jews
By Yonat Shimron — April 10, 2019
(RNS) — If in the past, American Jews united behind Israel’s premier regardless of personality or party, Netanyahu has opened up a huge gulf with American Jews, who trend liberal and tend to vote Democratic in U.S. elections.
I love Israel. Her government: not so much
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 26, 2017
(RNS) A few 'inconvenient truths' about Israel and non-Orthodox Jews.
Does Judaism = liberalism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 15, 2017
Whether or not Judaism is liberalism, it still must speak to the world.
Shimon Peres’ death moves religious leaders
By Lauren Markoe — September 28, 2016
(RNS) Jewish, Christian and other religious leaders react to the death of the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Embroiled over Israel, Presbyterians invite a rabbi to the pulpit
By Lauren Markoe — June 4, 2014
(RNS) Jewish-Presbyterian relations are rocky. Will things get better or worse after a top rabbi addresses the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)?
Conservative Jews’ gay wedding rules mostly met with a shrug
By Lauren Markoe — June 5, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Conservative Jewish movement has come out with rites for same-sex marriages, and the most remarkable part is how they were accepted without much protest. By Lauren Markoe.
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