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Reform Judaism

Michael Chabon
Posted inOpinion

Why we invited a critic of Israel to speak at a rabbinic ordination

Rabbi David EllensonJoshua Holo by Rabbi David Ellenson and Joshua Holo May 25, 2018May 29, 2018
Rabbi Aaron Panken, the president of Hebrew Union College who died recently in a plane crash, leads a Torah procession at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Photo/Courtesy of HUC)
Posted inJewish Life

Local Reform leaders remember ‘irreplaceable’ HUC president

by Dan Pine and JTA May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Screenshot of Facebook live video of a protest by the IfNotNow group at the San Francisco office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Posted inOpinion

Why didn’t they teach me about the Occupation? It’s time for NFTY to speak out.

Katie Simpson by Katie Simpson April 26, 2018April 27, 2018
A group of Reform Jews reading Torah during a mixed prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Building a Reform movement in Israel

Yonatan Melamed by Yonatan Melamed April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
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)
Posted inOpinion

Why progressive rabbis make political issues part of their job

Rabbi Steven A. Fox by Rabbi Steven A. Fox March 25, 2018March 23, 2018
Delegates to the URJ 2017 biennial in Boston included 6,000 Reform Jews from 500 congregations.
 (Photo/Courtesy Union for Reform Judaism)
Posted inOpinion

It’s time to rethink liberal Judaism. Here’s my plan.

Steven Windmueller by Steven Windmueller January 19, 2018January 18, 2018
The menu of the original Trefa Banquet (Photo/Courtesy American Jewish Archives)
Posted inUncategorized

What really happened at the original Trefa Banquet?

Jonathan D. Sarna by Jonathan D. Sarna January 16, 2018January 17, 2018
a man holds a sign: "Return our neighbors to their families
Posted inOpinion

Why I’m joining my fellow Jews to stand with immigrants and SB54

Rabbi-Cantor Elana Rosen-Brown by Rabbi-Cantor Elana Rosen-Brown August 21, 2017
Looking up at the dome of Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco. (Photo/From file)
Posted inColumns

Under the dome with Carlebach and Craig, in a great temple of Reform

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
A view of the Western Wall during Sukkot 2015 (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-AFP-Gil Cohen)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., News

Reform leaders rethinking donations to Israel, says Palo Alto-based URJ chair

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 6, 2017March 19, 2018

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