About Conservative ordination of openly gay rabbis

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 29, 2012

‘Lack of recognition in Israel raises some question about the legitimacy of Reform and Conservative’

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 9, 2012

Conservative group prays in mixed minyan at Knesset

Published on February 3, 2012

A recent trip of American Conservative (Masorti) Jews to Israel included a first for the country, and cuts to the heart of an issue that poses a problem for many American Jews – a mixed minyan for mincha at the Knesset synagogue.

Scottish burial society employee makes landmark bias claim

Published on January 13, 2011

In a landmark case, a Jewish burial society employee in Scotland says he was fired for becoming involved with the Masorti movement. It marked the first case of a Jewish individual claiming discrimination against a Jewish employer in Scotland, according to the Herald Scotland newspaper. Warren Bader, 49, said in a preliminary discrimination hearing that he was dismissed by the Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society after he helped set up Masorti Scotland in a Jewish community that is largely Orthodox.

Obama's cousin-in-law Rabbi Capers Funnye battles to open the gates of Judaism [VIDEO]

By Julie G Fax
Published on November 26, 2008

Funnye, 56, has dedicated his life to chiseling away at the conventional, but increasingly inaccurate, conception of who is a Jew.

Angeleno pushes effort on recognizing conversions

By Julie G Fax
Published on November 26, 2008

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 ceremony was one of warmth and acceptance.

Jewish Agency wants changes in Israel conversion policy

Published on November 20, 2008

It calls on the government to establish Jewish religious courts that "will base themselves on appropriate moderate and tolerant prior halachic decisions to allow the conversion process to move forward.

Nessah Young Professionals party like Paris Hilton; New VP for Masorti women

By Danielle Berrin
Published on September 18, 2008

Nessah Young Professionals' Aug. 26 annual gala drew more than 600 local Iranian Jewish young professionals and college students to the Area nightclub in West Hollywood, where they danced the night away to live music while also raising money on behalf of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF).

Masorti join fight for religious pluralism in Israel

Published on July 9, 2008

For decades, a charge against the rabbis who perform marriages on behalf of Israel's Chief Rabbinate has gone unanswered: That the rabbi did nothing to add to the joy, meaning and beauty of a wedding celebration. On June 15, the Masorti/Conservative movement launched a media blitz that confronted the Rabbinate on this issue head on.

The Challenge of Pluralism in Israel

By Julie G Fax
Published on April 10, 2003

Until the American youth with the long hair and the kippah
showed up in his high school in 10th grade, Ehud Bandel believed what most
Israeli's believed: You were either Orthodox or you were secular. The jarring
embodiment of a liberal, religious Jew was enough to change Bandel's life.