By JNi.Media
In June, Ramah national director Rabbi Mitchell Cohen circulated an email vowing: “Ramah camps have not engaged—and will not engage—in any way with IfNotNow as an organization.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
PM Netanyahu leveled criticism at Culture Minister Miri Regev, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked for refusing to support expansion of an egalitarian prayer space at the holy site, said “I'll handle this” • Dozens of rabbis urge ministers to oppose “desecration” of Kotel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
An ongoing discussion of how to present the nuances of Israel education at summer camps and to Jewish youth groups.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It will continue to reinforce pro-Zionist, pro-Israel perspectives at its summer camps, despite a request to push the "Palestinian" narrative.
Work is currently being carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which has been contracted to establish the foundation for the new plaza.
By JNi.Media
According to Ha'aretz, Camp Ramah has incorporated the curriculum of a group called IfNotNow to teach Jewish Children about the evils of Israeli occupation. So we made a phone call.
By JNi.Media
At the same time, there is a creeping acceptance of intermarriages within the Conservative movement.
By JNi.Media
The Bennett solution resolves the conflict in a peaceful way, which is not something the Reform and Conservative movements want.
By JNi.Media
Rabbi David Lau’s cousin, the Jerusalem Ramban Synagogue’s spiritual leader Rabbi Benny Lau criticized the Chief Rabbi’s attack on Bennett.
Rivlin told the New York UJA Federation," We are all one family" and made it a point to refer to a Consrvative leader as a rabbi.
By JNi.Media
A whopping 86% of Conservative Rabbi don’t want to admit intermarried couples in their congregations.
The Women of the Wall are unhappy again. Yes, they can read from the Torah, but now that have no scroll. It was damaged by dampness, and WoW blames the government for lack of proper storage.
If the Women of the Wall want equality with men, why don’t they try to perform the Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall? Do tribal distinctions contradict “equality?” If so, who needs a Reform "rabbi?"
Virtually all the Gedolim of previous generations, including Rav Soloveitchik, forbade any religious collaboration with heterodox rabbis for fear of giving them tacit recognition.
Our battles with the Conservative movement are over. They no longer pose a threat to Orthodoxy.
I would love to consider all people who observe Shabbos as observant. That was once the case.
The (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly shares remarks, photos from Yair Lapid’s address to its 2012 convention.