Reform Judaism

Reform chief Jacobs supports Western Wall plan

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the head of the Reform movement, endorsed a plan for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, on Friday in Jerusalem called for support of the “bold, audacious proposals by Natan Sharansky, ” the Jewish Agency chairman. He was speaking at Connections 2013, […]

Rice: Defending Israel takes much of her U.N. time

Susan Rice said a major part of her work as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is defending Israel’s legitimacy.

Reform movement to fete Cleveland’s Rabbi Block

The Reform movement will honor Rabbi Richard A. Block at an event marking the start of his tenure as president of the Central Conference on American Rabbis (CCAR).

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