Rabbi Jonathan Porath is well-known within his activist and conservative circles. For most of us, however, he is an unsung hero of the movement to liberate Soviet Jewry.
Decisions to include PragerU content in school curriculums have been met with much controversy due to many disagreeing with the content that is included in the curriculum.
Today there are nearly 80 Masorti congregations all across Israel, though a few meet only on festivals. None receive government funding.
17% of Jews identify as Conservative and only a fraction keep kosher at home. Even fewer adhere to the strict dietary laws when they dine out.
Rabbi Menachem Bombach speaks at a demonstration calling for a broad consensus between the different groups within Israeli society that are currently in conflict.
Alberto “Baruch” Zeilicovich recently came out of retirement to begin a three-year contract as the rabbi of Beth Israel Synagogue in Oranjestad, Aruba.
The report comes amid a time of reckoning over child sexual abuse in the Jewish world.
Why do Reform and Conservative Jews feel unappreciated in Israel?
The Conservative Jewish organizations noted: "Our love for Israel compels us to action, just as it has in every past crisis the State of Israel has faced."
Last week, Chikli emphasized that he was not a member of the Conservative movement and did not grow up as a Conservative Jew.
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