Rabbi Rick Jacobs

Reform Jews to shun Israeli tourism minister following insult

Levin called Reform Judaism a “dying world.”

Ex-Shas chief on Western Wall agreement: A ‘horrible disaster’

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A former head of the Shas Sephardic Orthodox party slammed the Israeli Cabinet’s approval to expand the egalitarian section of the Western Wall, joining several politicians who have ridiculed the deal and liberal movements of Judaism. “This is a horrible disaster and an attack on the Holy of Holies,” Eli Yishai said […]

Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, leading Reform thinker and teacher, dies at 91

NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, an influential thinker in Reform Judaism, has died at 91. Borowitz died Friday morning at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, the Forward reported. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, described Borowitz as a “larger-than-life figure in postwar Judaism,” according to the Forward, adding […]

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Rabbi Rick Jacobs

Reform Jews to shun Israeli tourism minister following insult

Ex-Shas chief on Western Wall agreement: A ‘horrible disaster’

Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, leading Reform thinker and teacher, dies at 91

Reform leader, Arab-Israeli lawmaker say ‘difficult, honest’ conversation is necessary

Arab-Israeli lawmaker in US refuses to enter offices shared with Jewish Agency

Reform movement leader to Netanyahu: Preserve pluralism

3 U.S. Jewish groups join Israel’s Labor in opposing Yaalon bus proposal

URJ’s Jacobs invites Presbyterian leaders to join him in Netanyahu meeting

In Presidents Conference loss, did J Street win fight for mainstream acceptance?

Reform movement mulls leaving Presidents Conf. in wake of J Street rejection

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