Shame at the Holiest Site in Judaism

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on August 20, 2012

Rabbi Carole Meyers, first female to head a congregation in Southern California, dies at 50

Published on July 29, 2007

Rabbi Carole Meyers, the former rabbi of Temple Sinai of Glendale, died on Thursday, July 26, after a short battle with bone cancer. Meyers, 50, was the rabbi of the Reform synagogue for 15 years.

Three Denominations Sizzle in San Juan

By Larry Luxner
Published on October 14, 2004

At San Juan's Congregation Sha'are Zedeck, religious services are conducted from a bimah graced -- on special occasions -- with the flags of the United States, Puerto Rico and Israel. Yet 90 percent of the congregation's 255 member families trace their heritage to a fourth country -- Cuba.

With up to 2,300 Jewish inhabitants, Puerto Rico has both the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean and the richest. It also is the only Caribbean island on which the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements are represented.

Goodbye, Rabbi

By Michael Aushenker
Published on May 2, 2002

A chapter is about to close for the Reform movement. After 30 years, Rabbi Allen Freehling is retiring from University Synagogue. As of June 30, Freehling, 70, will turn over the Brentwood synagogue's spiritual leadership to incoming Rabbi Morley Feinstein from Temple Beth El in South Bend, Ind.