Jewish atheism and Jewish theism in America

By Roger Price
Published on April 12, 2013

Rabbi David Hartman’s learned students remember their rebbe

Published on February 13, 2013

The Jewish community reflects on the life of late Rabbi David Hartman.

The curious consensus of Jews on abortion

By Roger Price
Published on February 1, 2013

Jack Lew meets with Reform, Reconstructionist leaders

Published on July 23, 2012

President Obama's chief of staff, Jack Lew, met with leaders of the Reform and Reconstructionist movements.

Reconstructionist bodies set to merge

Published on February 22, 2011

The two organizational arms of the Reconstructionist movement are set to merge. Following a year-and-a-half of negotiations, the boards of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation have voted to form one body that will be responsible for Reconstructionist Judaism in North America.

Madoff’s Redemption

By David Suissa
Published on December 24, 2008

It's like a quadruple shot of cheap vodka that you drink quickly on an empty stomach. You feel disgusted and drunk at the same time.

Rabbis on anti-gay marriage Prop 8: Yes, no, maybe

By Tom Tugend
Published on October 10, 2008

Same-sex marriage is likely to remain a hot-button issue in the presidential race, with Prop. 8 backers looking to Sen. John McCain for ideological support, and opponents to Sen. Barack Obama.

Liturgy reminds us what we can do to avert evil

Published on September 25, 2008

So here we are seven years later, about to enter the Jewish year 5769. The deaths of Sept. 11 have been compounded by more deaths in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. In many ways our world is more violent and certainly more fearful than it had been. Evidence of evil abounds.

Tikkun for which olam?

By David Suissa
Published on November 1, 2007

f you want to be popular in the Jewish world today, just say tikkun olam. Everywhere you go it seems that Jews of all stripes are jumping on this universal bandwagon. Recently, in one day, I got to experience three different views of tikkun olam. The last view was so politically incorrect, it was almost embarrassing.

Reconstructionists try to manage growth

By Ben Harris
Published on November 30, 2006

When Dorshei Tzedek, a small Reconstructionist congregation in West Newton, Mass., began an explosive growth spurt in 1997, some of its members were concerned.

Tranforming the Synagogue—A Scorecard

By Richard Greenberg
Published on August 31, 2006

Synagogue transformation programs exude good intentions, but do they actually work?

University Moves to Permanent Home

By Andrea Adelson
Published on August 5, 2004

After sharing space with Irvine United Church of Christ since 1991 and growing from 80 families to 600, University Synagogue starts a new chapter in its history, moving on Aug. 22 into its own building.

Open Enrollment

By Julie G Fax
Published on June 3, 1999

The Academy for Jewish Religion, a transdenominational rabbinical seminary, will open its doors in Los Angeles this fall, giving formal expression to a longtime trend toward a more personalized, spiritually oriented, pluralistic Judaism, academy founders say.

Taking the First Step

Published on September 9, 1998

More than 40 rabbis, from Orthodox to Reform, look for ways to increase respect among Jews

Taking the First Step

Published on April 8, 1998

More than 40 rabbis, from Orthodox to Reform, look for ways to increase respect among Jews