Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Orthodox woman to get title of ‘rabbah’
JTA
An Orthodox clergywoman will now be known as "rabbah" rather than an acronym that had been created on her behalf. . . .
Monday, January 4, 2010
Jewish end-of-life training course offered online
JTA
An interdenominational end-of-life training institute is launching an online course in Jewish end-of-life . . .
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Solidarity prayer called for women who wear tallit
JTA
Activists will hold a special prayer at the Western Wall in support of women's right to wear a . . .
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A Wikipedia-style siddur is revolutionizing the world of prayerbooks
By Hadara Graubart, Tablet
In his 1954 book "Man’s Quest for God," theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, bemoaning what he saw as a post-Holocaust religious malaise, took aim at . . .
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Classical Reform revival pushes back against embrace of tradition
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA
Seventy-year-old Harold Eichenbaum doesn’t think much of . . .
Thursday, December 3, 2009
It Feels Like Coming Home
By Roberto Loiederman
When Katya Aguilar, 27, talks about her journey toward Jewish conversion, she often uses the word congruente — consistent. As she talks, it becomes . . .
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA
The atmosphere was a lot more subdued at this year’s Reform biennial than it was two years ago in San . . .
Monday, November 9, 2009
Reform leader urges followers to adapt Jewish dietary practice
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA
When Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, delivers his Saturday-morning sermon at the group’s biennial conference, he sets . . .
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Let Tisha B’Av Stir Hunger for Giving
by Edmon J. Rodman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
At Tisha B’Av this year, think of fasting as a tzedakah stimulus plan. By observing this day of mourning, by not eating, our hunger can stimulate . . .
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Life and Times of Amos Oz Traced in New Anthology
By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
New Rabbis Face Tough Job Market
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Joe Hample left his career as a systems analyst at Wells Fargo five years ago to become a rabbi, hoping to make a difference in people’s lives. . . .
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Don’t Do Well — Do Good
By Rabbi Dov Fischer
This week’s Torah portion lays out a comprehensive array of divinely ordained commandments that define the range of Judaism’s unique . . .
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Temple Akiba buzz grows with Culver City popularity
By Jane Ulman
With its iconic angular form tucked between a ramshackle limousine company to the north and a feed and pet supply store to the south, Temple Akiba . . .
Thursday, January 8, 2009
LimmudLA gears up for second conference
By Julie G Fax
LimmudLA is hoping that about 800 Southern Californians will sign up to attend the second annual weekendlong event, scheduled to take place Feb. . . .
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Jewish troops in Iraq can practice their faith, thanks to Navy rabbi
By Lilly Fowler
A short distance from the area where many historians believe the Talmud was written, Rabbi Jon Cutler leads one of the only functioning synagogues . . .
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Rebbe’s army soldiers on
By Sue Fishkoff
Chabad has become so ubiquitous that Jewish travelers around the world, no matter how far they stray, have come to expect a Shabbat meal, a holiday . . .
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Obama's cousin-in-law Rabbi Capers Funnye battles to open the gates of Judaism [VIDEO]
By Julie G Fax
Funnye, 56, has dedicated his life to chiseling away at the conventional, but increasingly inaccurate, conception of who is a . . .
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Angeleno pushes effort on recognizing conversions
By Julie G Fax
When Lorin Fife converted to Judaism some 30 years ago, his experience with the Orthodox rabbis who presided over his year of study and conversion . . .
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Rabbi Funnye reaps nachas over his cousin-in-law Barack
By Julie G Fax
Capers Funnye has a lot in common with his cousin-in-law, Barack Obama: They have both shattered longstanding barriers and are both committed to . . .
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Facing God, and the challenge of individual conscience
By Rabbi David Wolpe
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Postville Jewish community struggles to survive after raid
By Ben Harris
After former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin was arrested earlier this month, Rashi Raices joined several dozen members of this town's . . .
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Agriprocessors closed—now where’s the beef?
By Ben Harris
The kosher meat market is in a tailspin as production at the Agriprocessors' meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, which had been operating at a . . .
Thursday, November 20, 2008
A Moderate Proposal
By Rob Eshman
The start of the event was running late -- did I mention it was a Jewish event? -- and midway through our green room conversation, Hitchens pulled . . .
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Passage of Prop. 8 reveals rift between denominations
By Rachel Heller
Jewish voices had joined both sides of the bitter and costly Proposition 8 debate leading up to Election Day. Reform and Conservative leaders largely . . .
