Critics say a deal on conversion between the Israeli Chief Rabbinate and American Orthodoxy’s main rabbinical union underscores the need for a new, more liberal group. Rabbis Marc Angel and Avi Weiss are leading the push.
In an effort to make Israel more meaningful to young American Jews, a group of U.S. rabbis and synagogue leaders gathered in the Jewish state to talk about ways to bring Israel to American synagogue life.
