Articles of Interests

February 8, 2011
Expanding the tribe in the home of the brave \ Rabbi Naamah Kelman & Elan Ezrachi
The passing of Debbie Friedman and shooting of Gabrielle Giffords highlighted the stretching and morphing of Jewish identity in the U.S., a trend sadly not mirrored in Israel
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January 14th, 2011
Capital’s Kol HaNeshama Reform shul celebrates 25 years \ Melanie Lidman
The nation’s largest non-Orthodox congregation focuses on community and women’s equality; 40,000 Israelis identify as Reform, polls say
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January 12th, 2011
The Heart of Israel’s Reform Judaism \ Nathan Jeffay
The Country’s Largest Reform Congregation Turns 25
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December 30th, 2010

The sin of incitement & the blood of potential victims \ Rabbi Yehoyada Amir
The wave of hatred of ‘the other’, supported by rabbis and prominent religious leaders, threatens our very existence and endangers Jews in the Diaspora... If it produces a wave of violence, the hate-mongers will have the blood of the victims on their hands
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December 7th, 2010
This fire is still burning: Racism is spreading \ Rabbi Michael Marmur
Rabbis' ban on the rental or sale of property to non-Jews demonstrates lack of understanding for the basic currency of life in a liberal democracy.
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