Efforts underway to launch new seminary for Reform movement in Cincinnati “It’s not a challenge. It’s a crisis,” Micah Greenstein, senior rabbi at Temple Israel in Memphis, Tenn., said of the struggle to replace retiring rabbis. June 5, 2024
Reform Jewish leaders have politicized Reform Judaism The politicization of the Reform movement does nothing but divide the community and push people away. Naomi Grant May 22, 2024
High Court: State must pay for circumcisions of non-Orthodox converts The justices based their decision on the need for equality and "respect for religious freedom." Dec. 13, 2023
Schechter Manhattan Jewish day school to close Its 63 students are encouraged to enroll at the Rodeph Sholom School. Oct. 5, 2023
Symbolic Israeli stake in US Jewish education could be growth catalyst Amichai Chikli, the Israeli diaspora affairs minister, thinks there’s a need for schooling to focus more on deepening Jewish identities. Mike Wagenheim July 13, 2023
Reform movement takes time to re-evaluate goals amid ‘inflection points’ More than 300 Jewish leaders gathered for a conference to address the movement’s growing distance from Israel, social-justice work and a re-emphasis on Jewish education. Mike Wagenheim June 19, 2023
Why is the Reform movement defending an antisemite? The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s defense of Ilhan Omar is an expression of contemptuous privilege. Benjamin Kerstein Jan. 23, 2023
US Orthodox groups slam call to ban right-wing MKs from speaking engagements A call by hundreds of non-Orthodox rabbis to boycott members of the Religious Zionism Party is answered. Dec. 27, 2022
Coalition for Jewish Values criticizes letter by 330 rabbis pledging to boycott Israeli MKs CJV representing over 2,000 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, said the letter had "unrestrained hypocrisy." Dec. 26, 2022
