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


Knesset passes reform to increase disabled IDF veterans' aid

Defense Minister Gantz and Finance Minister Liberman pushed the reform.

Benny Gantz and Avigdor Liberman shake hands after meeting.

It's time for an electoral reform - opinion

Not every party has primaries, and there is no such thing as regional representation.

Yamina head Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid in the Knesset Plenum during June 2, 2021 presidential elections.

Reform, Conservative Jews slam gov’t after meeting

“At this point, warm words cannot stand alone without action," said the director-general of the Masorti Movement.

 Women of the Wall praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.

Kazakhstan’s democratic reformer president bucks authoritarian trend - opinion

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s remarkable courage cannot be overstated, given the fact that he is a political insider and a direct product of the authoritarian Soviet school of thought.

 KAZAKH PRESIDENT Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev responded to a wave of protests with repressive and violent actions.

US revokes visa of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

A source close to Eliyahu also told the Post that the rabbi was summoned to the US embassy, asked to give over his passport and then his visa was taken out and the passport returned.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

This private, on-demand ‘hot rabbi’ may soon be the star of her own reality TV show

Rebecca Eisenstadt and her shih-poo, Scout, can be found shuttling between the Upper East Side homes of her 40 tween students — or “Jewdents,” as she calls them.

 Eisenstadt is a non-denominational Rabbi, and while she keeps Kosher, she describes her observance as "hipsterdox."

Shuly Rubin Schwartz inaugurated as first woman chancellor of JTS

“My goal is to offer a nuanced educational approach that prepares future leaders to share Judaism’s riches," said Shuly Rubin Schwartz in a speech.

 Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz delivers her inaugural address as the chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary at the institution's Manhattan campus, May 17, 2022.

Matriculation reform for humanities sparks controversy

A new reform announced by the Education Ministry will cancel the bagrut exams in humanities subjects and replace them with one comprehensive project.

Keshet high school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in Jerusalem on May 20, 2019

Hebrew Union College to end Cincinnati rabbinical program amid controversy

The decision comes after years of declining revenue and enrollment at the school — and months of bitter debate across the Reform community.

 The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. Under a new proposal, HUC is considering ending its rabbinical program in Cincinnati but maintaining the archives.

Defense Ministry program for disabled veterans moves forward

Approximately 7,200 applicants are awaiting responses regarding recognition of their disabilities and the degree of help that will be offered to them. The One Soul program will speed up the process.

A protest by disabled IDF veterans in Tel Aviv, April 18, 2021