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Rabbi Rick Jacobs at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

Jewish Reform leader expresses disappointment in society since October 7

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE COUPLE in indigenous attire.

Meet Taiwan’s ‘hassidishe progressive’ rabbi from Kentucky

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism poses for a picture at the First Station Complex in Jerusalem on June 27, 2018.

Open letter: Reform Jewish leader Rick Jacobs must resign amid 'rapid decline'

By MICHAEL STARR

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn blows the shofar at the "Jewish Climate Action, Hear The Call Senator Schumer" event in New York City on September 12, 2021.

Union for Reform Judaism pledges to divest millions from fossil fuel industry

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Rabbi Yael Vurgan

When Hamas attacked on October 7, three female rabbis responded

By SHULA KOPF

A vending machine that sells protective masks is seen in a shopping centre, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ilford, London, Britain July 29, 2020.

American synagogue debuts vending machine with 'everyday Jewish' items

By Kayla Mutchler/The Hour/TNS

Solidarity rally with Israel on the National Mall in Washington, US.

Reform Judaism has a historic opportunity

RABBI DAVID ELLENSON understood how central Israel is to modern Jewish identity, says the writer.

Remembering David Ellenson, a Reform rabbi and Religious Zionist - opinion

Jonathan Oswaks, a friend of victim Paul Kessler and witness to the deadly assault on November 5, speaks to the media at the scene in Thousand Oaks, California, several days later.

This moment is showing the vitality and strength of the Jewish people's diversity - opinion

By IDAN ROLL

Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

Over 1,000 American rabbis from diverse backgrounds join forces to support Israel

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. Under a new proposal, HUC is considering ending its rabbinical program in Cincinnati but maintaining the archives.

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

WE WOULD all have benefited from a different approach that left Yom Kippur outside the struggle, says the writer.

The religious-secular divide: How to calm the water, and how to stir them up - analysis

Jews pray while activists protest against gender segregation in the public space during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, September 25, 2023.

Gov't allocates NIS 2 million to back non-Orthodox faith groups

Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar visits at a Yeshiva in Hispin, northern Israel, October 21, 2021.

Court demands answers on chief rabbi's hate speech against LGBTQ, Reform Jews

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Heritage Minister Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu (L)

Israeli heritage minister: Western Wall should be run like Orthodox synagogue

STUDENTS TAKE a matriculation exam at a high school in Jerusalem. There is a strain of extremism snaking its way through Israel’s youth that, if left unchecked, may change the face of the country for years to come (Illustrative).

The Reform movement is ending its standalone semester-in-Israel program amid declining enrollment

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism conference on May 31, 2023

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch: ‘We are losing the soul of the Reform movement’

Looking south across West 68th Street at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. (May 2011)

Reform rabbis gather for NYC conference to cement Reform Jewish values