Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association names new president Rabbi Nina Mandel, spiritual leader of Congregation Beth El in Sunbury, Pa., joins two other women in leading the Reconstructionist movement.
Jewish groups call for climate change Twenty-two Jewish organizations signed on to a call for action on climate change to be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Jewish groups, clerics back Obama peace efforts A number of Jewish groups and rabbis joined an open letter backing President Obama’s intensive efforts toward a broader Middle East peace.