The recent explosion in anti-Semitic expression including acts of anti-Semitic violence in numerous quarters around the world is not only frightening and alarming, it is eerie and perhaps even ominous. The inevitable and logically-necessary descent of rabid anti-Zionism into the exclusion and even hatred of Jewish people is in plentiful evidence, and rabid anti-Zionism … [Read more...] about Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky: Words from a Broken, Loving, and Hopeful Heart
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Reform Judaism in Israel: an amazing success story, by Rabbi Micky Boyden
When one reads about the way in which Bibi backtracked on the Kotel agreement and the disgraceful manner in which the Women of the Wall are treated by the police and security personnel, one could be mistaken for believing that Reform Judaism is having a bad time of it in Israel. If you add to that the dislike that many feel for Israel's right-wing/religious coalition … [Read more...] about Reform Judaism in Israel: an amazing success story, by Rabbi Micky Boyden
Reflections on the Agunah Crises by Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman By Rabba Sara Huriwtz Co-Founder and President of Yeshivat Maharat In 1776 , in Germany, a young man named, Isaac, son of Eliezer Neiburg of Mannheim, was engaged to marry Leah, daughter of Jacob Guenzhausen of … [Read more...] about Reflections on the Agunah Crises by Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Manning up at the Kotel by Rabbi Daniel Landes
Originally posted on Times of Israel blogs: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/manning-up-at-the-kotel/ The latest escalation in the attacks upon women praying as a group at the Kotel on the second day of Rosh Hodesh Adar is as remarkable as it is perverse. Senior rabbinic figures summoned hundreds of dati leumi (religious Zionist) teenage young women from their high … [Read more...] about Manning up at the Kotel by Rabbi Daniel Landes
‘Love revolution on Tu Be’av: 74% of Israeli public want egalitarian marriage’ by Ariane Mandell
Originally posted on the Jerusalem Post HERE A new study released Thursday morning reveals that 74 percent of Israel's Jewish public is interested in having an egalitarian wedding ceremony, with an exchange of rings that carries mutual and equal obligations between spouses. Just 26% are in opposition. The survey, conducted by the Smith institute for the NGO Hiddush: For … [Read more...] about ‘Love revolution on Tu Be’av: 74% of Israeli public want egalitarian marriage’ by Ariane Mandell