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The S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Photo/JTA-Ady Manory)
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Ethics probe: Reform rabbinical group finds late professor ducked sexual abuse complaints

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA December 23, 2021

Sometime while Rabbi Michael Cook was teaching Reform rabbinical students in 2000, two rabbis who had studied under him lodged formal complaints with their shared professional association alleging that he […]

Rabbi Mary Zamore, the executive director of the Women's Rabbinic Network (Photo/JTA-Steve Shawl)
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The Reform movement is investigating itself over history of rabbinic sexual misconduct

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA August 13, 2021August 13, 2021
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman is accused of sexual harassment of three women, including one who was a minor at the time.
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Reform rabbinic giant first disciplined in 2000 now accused of ‘sexually predatory’ behavior

Hannah Dreyfus by Hannah Dreyfus and Forward April 28, 2021April 28, 2021
Approximately 100 Jewish clergy and activists showing support for DACA at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Melina Mara-The Washington Post)
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Why progressive rabbis make political issues part of their job

Rabbi Steven A. Fox by Rabbi Steven A. Fox March 25, 2018March 23, 2018

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