Posted by Esther Klein on Sunday, September 2, 2012,
| For first time, Israel to recognize Reform and Conservative rabbis |
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In
an unprecedented move, Israel has announced that it is prepared to
recognize Reform and Conservative community leaders a... |
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Posted by Esther Klein on Saturday, April 2, 2011,
"Seven
years ago, I arrived here as a Jewish and Zionist woman," she says
teary eyed while packing her suitcases. "Now I am leaving Israel
because in the eyes of the Chief Rabbinate I am not a Jewish woman, and
when I myself am already not so sure I am so Zionist."
SHE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
By Smadar Shir • Yediot Achronot
April 30th 2010
[TRANSLATIONS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS By Jonathan Adam Silverman]
Jessica
Fishman no longer lives...
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Posted by Esther Klein on Sunday, March 27, 2011,
Toward a more assertive liberal Judaism
The
orthodox narrative about Judaism must be confronted, challenged,
refuted: vocally, diligently, persistently; may this be the first step.
By
Alex Sinclair
The
pluralist agenda of the liberal Jewish movements, while admirable in
principle, can sometimes lead us to be less voc...
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