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Conservative Jews claim win in wake of protection at wall

JERUSALEM, June 2 (JTA) — Conservative Jewish leaders in Israel are declaring victory after a group of 250 worshipers completed prayers on Shavuot morning at the Western Wall under police protection — despite attempts by hundreds of fervently Orthodox Jews to stop the service. Last year, non-Orthodox Jews who prayed near the Western Wall plaza […]

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AROUND THE JEWISH WORLD Russian Jews flock to events celebrating Israel’s 50th birthday

MOSCOW, June 9 (JTA) — Isaak Shpiz has never been to Israel, but the Jewish state has still been an important part of his life. “I remember that my father told me it was a historic day when Israel proclaimed its independence,” says the 66-year old retired engineer. “Since then, what’s going on in Israel […]

FOCUS ON ISSUES As Reform rabbis debate issue, female couple marries under chupah

NEW YORK, June 16 (JTA) — When Sue Levi Elwell and Nurit Shein stood together under a chupah in their Philadelphia backyard on Sunday, they were sanctifying their six-year relationship as a marriage. Elwell, a Reform rabbi, and Shein, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Israeli army who serves as the executive director of the […]

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