David Stav

Israeli chief rabbi: Private conversion court to ‘fight Torah’

Sephardic colleagues said new court’s founders are “nothing more than Reform Jews with a kippah.”

Reform’s Rick Jacobs hails new openness in Israel to religious pluralism

Reform leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs is hailing Naftali Bennett, Israel’s modern Orthodox religious services minister, as a breath of fresh air even as Bennett draws some red lines on religious pluralism in Israel.

For activists, eyeing alternatives after disappointing Chief Rabbinate vote

The defeat of a reformist candidate for chief rabbi may help galvanize efforts to work around restrictions put in place by Israel’s haredi Orthodox-dominated Chief Rabbinate.

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