Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Conservative movement eased its stance on intermarriage. Here’s why I am quitting its rabbis’ union anyway.

Fully welcoming interfaith couples and families means more than “Inclusion,” writes the co-host of the “Interfaithing” podcast. It demands celebration. Legacy runs deep in Judaism, shaping both who we ...
Sun Sentinel

Judaism’s Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage, signals new approach

The Conservative movement, one of the major Jewish denominations, is formally apologizing for decades of discouraging intermarriage and committing itself to a new approach centered on engagement. The ...
The Forward on MSN

Conservative rabbinical school Ziegler stops admissions, signaling broader overhaul

The Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies will not be admitting new students in the upcoming academic year, it told current ...
The Jewish Exponent

Opinion: The Conservative Movement’s Crisis of Meaning

For more than a generation, the Conservative movement has tried to survive by postponing decisions it no longer wishes to make. It has softened language, commissioned reports, issued apologies, ...
The Blogs | The Times of IsraelOpinion

Rabbis Need to Cool it with ICE

With respect to the dozens of almost exclusively non-Orthodox Rabbis who leapt enthusiastically into the Minnesota fray, ...
Yahoo

The ranks of US rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people

Rabbi Laura Geller recalls how of the 30 people in her class at Hebrew Union College, she was the only woman. Ordained in 1976, she would go on to become one of the first women rabbis in the Jewish ...
NBC Los Angeles

The ranks of U.S. rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people

Rabbi Laura Geller recalls how of the 30 people in her class at Hebrew Union College, she was the only woman. Ordained in 1976, she would go on to become one of the first women rabbis in the Jewish ...