Reform

Banning anti-Zionist rabbis is the enlightened and liberal position - opinion

Enlightenment philosophers envisioned open, tolerant societies. But they understood that a community without boundaries is as doomed as a language without grammar.

 Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism conference on May 31, 2023
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019.

As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges

EVEN BEZALEL Smotrich’s rivals agree that he is a smart man who studies complex issues quickly and knows how to make decisions. Here, the finance minister leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on Monday.

Middle Israel: Smotrich’s crushing Knesset defeat exposes the finance minister's limits - opinion

Reuven Taub, Co-founder and CEO of “Alenu – the Founding Grandchildren"

Why the world wants to learn from Israel’s healthcare, but not our schools - opinion


Reform Cantors unite in Jerusalem: A harmonious gathering amid uncertainty

After October 7, the trip became about fostering understanding with the people of Israel in this dark time and bringing that understanding home to the US. 

Pastors meet in Jerusalem

Israel Medical Association warns legislation would ‘devastate’ the healthcare system

Thousands of hospital and clinic donors will hold a two-hour warning strike on Wednesday morning in protest against the threatened passage of “Reasonableness Clause.”

 A picture taken in Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv on the day of the strike against violence in medical facilities. The sign reads: There is a strike here. Enough with the violence.

Israeli reservists call for unity and political transformation - opinion

We need a transformation of the political landscape of our country. We need a new national, liberal, Zionist right-wing movement that embodies it.

 RESERVE SOLDIERS, veterans, and activists protest against the intention of some reservists to refuse to serve, as part of the protest against the planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv earlier this year.

Tel Aviv University should implement reforms for medical studies - opinion

Systemic injustice reflects on all aspects of healthcare, the teaching of social medicine is as crucial now, as it was 200 years ago.

 THE TEL AVIV University campus in Ramat Aviv: The changes implemented by the university are undoubtedly praiseworthy. However, the teaching of social medicine is as crucial now as it was 200 years ago, the writer maintains.

France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi

Out of France's tradition of traditional, Orthodox Judaism, is emerging an invigorated movement of women who are looking to serve as rabbis for the Orthodox community.

Female rabbi being ordained (illustration)

A new book made me appreciate Jewish Sunday schools — and the volunteer women who have powered them

In her new book “Jewish Sunday Schools,” Laura Yares backdates the story of Jewish education by over a century.

Preparations at Gabrieli School in Tel Aviv, ahead of the opening of the school year tomorrow, on August 31, 2022.

Rabbi Craig Lewis: Classy reform rabbi in Chattanooga

Lewis: “In Chattanooga, we do have very strong synagogues, a very strong federation and a lot of folks committed to it.”

 Rabbi Lewis and his wife, Jennifer, celebrating with their son Eden as he became bar mitzvah on June 12, 2021.

Israeli patients' autonomy for specialty treatments to be overhauled

The Israeli health funds’ “Form 17” will be provided to patients who want to choose where they will get medical in the six specialties.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Reformed Egyptian curriculum promotes coexistence, democracy

While the Egyptian curriculum up to 5th grade has been reformed, the rest of the education system still contains antisemitic content.

 An Egyptian teacher instructs students on the first day's class at Martyr Rami school, in Cairo, Egypt, October 2, 2022.

Cosmetics competition reform will open market, lower prices - Health Ministry

The ministry said it is reducing the regulatory burden in the field while protecting public health from cosmetics that could be harmful to health.

 Illustrative image of makeup.