Rabbi Eliezer Igra withdrew from the event organized by far-right group after Conservative movement leaders filed official complaint against him
‘I didn’t have the normal resumé for a traditional Jewish professional. I faced a lot of resistance,’ says SooJi Min-Maranda
Huge signs with offensive slogans were posted recently in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv area. A Haaretz investigation revealed a number of players involved in the campaigns
‘Delegitimizing other Jews leads to the kind of violence we saw last Friday,’ Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, warns
‘It’s important to ask who benefited politically from this show of force against Women of the Wall 34 days before the election,’ says group’s head after thousands of ultra-Orthodox youths were bused in to protest last Friday
In empowering itself to decide who’s a Jew and who is less a Jew, the government is acting as a Vatican of the Jewish religion
Special service held to mark the 30th anniversary of Women of the Wall, which falls on International Women's Day ■ Israel Police accuses Women of the Wall of provoking clashes, in which several women were hurt
The T'ruah program introduces young rabbinical students to Palestinians and the occupation, reflecting a growing a rift between Israeli and American Jews
Netanyahu should have made Yariv Levin apologize to non-Orthodox Jews before naming him head of Immigrant Absorption Ministry, says Rabbi Gilad Kariv
An Orthodox rabbi called the daughter of the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel a 'Reform, accursed wicked woman.' Now she's suing for libel
High Court approved Israeli government's request for a six-month delay to plan that would have stripped Chief Rabbinate of its power
Yizhar Hess recounts that he was 'rendered speechless' after an ultra-Orthodox man told him: 'I will murder you, if I had knife I'd put it in you here'
The nurse from an Isle of Man family would undergo both Reform and Orthodox conversions, but the Old Lion’s wife Paula never considered her a real Jew
In aftermath of Pittsburgh massacre, movements demand full recognition in Israel
Foreign Ministry flies in 20 rabbis – including well-known critics of current leadership – in move said to be masterminded by ambassador in Washington, a close confidant of the prime minister
The Israeli Arab broadcaster's decision not to apologize for what she is or the person she fell in love with should be a model for the new Israeliness, which doesn't surrender to people who preach racial purity
New study finds that 13 percent of Israeli-Jews self-identify as Conservative or Reform Jews, but less than one percent are dues-paying members. Still, the movements have grown, implying Orthodoxy is no longer seen as the only ‘authentic’ Judaism
Netanyahu and Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz approved the work even though committee member David Azoulay has never seen a draft version of the decision
The Reform Movement takes unprecedented precautionary measure after repeated instances of liberal Jewish visitors held for questioning by Israeli authorities
A class action lawsuit was filed against an ultra-Orthodox radio station by multiple women for not being able to hear women's voices on the radio station
Ending 15-year saga, district court orders Hod Hasharon municipality to allow Kehilat Yonatan to build a synagogue for its community
In a country that has no categorically declared right to equality, where elective officials betray their mission, the LGBT protest may prove that the struggle for that right is not lost
The allegations span decades and come from women who have worked with Steven M. Cohen or associated professionally with him, and include inappropriate sexual propositions and advances, and inappropriate sexual remarks
In losing the bidding process, the Reform movement laments 'blatant discrimination against non-Orthodox Judaism and an egregious waste of public funds'
If ‘unprecedented’ divisions on conversions, marriage and Western Wall prayer continue, ‘you will have nobody’ left to defend Israel abroad, AJC leaders warn Knesset session
After being promised a synagogue over a decade ago, members of Kehilat Yonatan are taking legal action against the authorities
Panken, 53, headed the Hebrew Union College, the Reform movement's flagship seminary. HUC describes him as 'an ardent supporter of Reform Judaism in Israel'
Netanyahu asked for changes that would make the bill palatable to liberal-leaning Orthodox rabbis who have emerged as its fiercest critics
Women should be allowed to apply to oversee kashrut at the Knesset and role should not be restricted to rabbis, legal adviser rules
Rabbis outside the Reform and Conservative movements rarely deal with Jewish-values issues such as the asylum seekers and treatment of the Palestinians