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Reform Judaism

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Posted inMixed & Matched

At a loss after my rabbi said I’m not allowed to read Torah

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 1, 2021
Rabbi Gilad Kariv awaits an Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem over public transportation on Shabbat, Sept. 11, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

It’s official: Gilad Kariv will be the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s parliament

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 24, 2021March 24, 2021
The "Haggadeck," a deck of cards that's also a Passover haggadah, comes in a small drawstring bag. Seder plate not included. (Photo/Courtesy Taya Mâ Shere)
Posted inPassover

Want a haggadah with poetry? Or maybe you’d rather say, ‘Deal me in.’ 

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Screenshot from an ad by the right-wing United Torah Judaism party that appeared to compare Reform Jewish converts to dogs. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Dogs, death and ‘clowns’: Israeli Orthodox politicians are again attacking Reform Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 4, 2021
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut presides over the high court in Jerusalem, March 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
Lena Sclove is a prospective rabbinical student whose husband is Hindu. (Photo/Mahip Rathore)
Posted inReligion

As more American Jews intermarry, seminaries face calls to ordain intermarried rabbis

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and Forward February 9, 2021February 11, 2021
A group of early Bayit residents at a wedding in 1985.
Posted inNews

Jewish student co-op in Berkeley celebrates the big 4-0

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 2, 2021February 2, 2021
Congregation Beth Israel's second building, on Geary Boulevard, was completed in 1908. It was almost completed in 1906, but was destroyed by the earthquake and had to be rebuilt. In 1969, Beth Israel merged with Temple Judea to form Congregation Beth Israel Judea. Decades later, BIJ is merging with yet another synagogue, Congregation B'nai Emunah. (Photo/Courtesy Congregation Beth Israel Judea)
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Mazel tov — it’s a merger! Two historic San Francisco synagogues become one

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Renee Godinez had her son pour spring water on her to symbolize immersing in a mikvah. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Godinez)
Posted inReligion

Converting to Judaism during the pandemic: delay — or get creative?

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA May 11, 2020
four women and one man toil in a field of dirt
Posted inLocal Voice

I cried tears of relief when Reform Jews embraced slavery reparations

Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller by Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller January 29, 2020

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