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Rabbi Harold Kravitz in 2013, leading a Torah study group at Adath Jeshurun Congregation. (Photo/Forward-Lee Prohofsky)
Posted inReligion

‘Trying to balance values’: new Conservative head rabbi on intermarriage, inclusion and Israel

by Sheree R. Curry and Forward June 9, 2022

Being a rabbi is a calling. So is being the leader of rabbis around the world. It’s also a responsibility. That’s how Rabbi Harold Kravitz, senior rabbi at Adath Jeshurun […]

The wedding of Molly Kazin, who is Jewish, and Evan Marshall, who is not, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Nov. 20, 2021. Though Kazin grew up in a Conservative congregation, she assumed she could not get a rabbi in the movement to preside at her wedding, and found one through the group where she works, 18Doors, which supports relationships between Jews and non-Jews.
Posted inU.S.

More Conservative rabbis struggle with interfaith marriage ban — and some are flouting it

Debra Nussbaum Cohen by Debra Nussbaum Cohen and Forward May 13, 2022
Protesters walk to Glasgow to raise awareness of climate change ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Oct. 31, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ian Forsyth-Getty Images)
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Israeli and American rabbis call on Bennet and Biden to take climate change seriously at UN conference

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 1, 2021
A rooftop view to the Jewish Theological Seminary and nearby buildings. (Photo/JTA-Education Images-Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Conservative movement publicly lists the rabbis it has expelled and suspended

by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
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Posted inReligion

For Conservative Judaism, an overdue audit of sexual ethics policy

by Molly Boigon and Forward June 1, 2021
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, center, is seen during a congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, June 21, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Three Jewish streams call on Trump to fire Stephen Miller for white supremacist views

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 25, 2019November 25, 2019
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Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice, Opinion

Reform and Conservative leaders must pull out of conference that will feature Gorka

Donald C. Cutler by Donald C. Cutler April 27, 2017April 27, 2017

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