rabbis
Why the rabbis ‘dissed’ Trump
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 24, 2017
(RNS) — If rabbis are angry with Trump, blame the Bible.
Israel’s rigid Chief Rabbinate challenges the identity of Diaspora Jews
By Yonat Shimron — July 16, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The rabbinate, which requires all Jews wishing to marry in Israel to provide proof of their Jewishness, has rejected the authority of many North American Orthodox rabbis.
You need to see ‘A Serious Man’ again
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 16, 2017
Do rabbis still have things to teach? Ask the Coen brothers.
The oldest refugee rabbi dies
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 5, 2017
The oldest Reform rabbi was a refugee. Here is why it matters.
Trump at AIPAC troubles Jewish consciences
By Lauren Markoe — March 21, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Wary Jewish voters await Trump inside and outside the AIPAC conference.
Trump is speaking at AIPAC. How should Jews respond? (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 17, 2016
(RNS) America finds itself in a very difficult time. We have to do something.
Controversy grows over Whole Foods CEO’s relationship with disgraced rabbi
By Lauren Markoe — January 4, 2016
(RNS) Rabbi Marc Gafni is accused of sexual assault. More than 2,400 rabbis and other Jewish leaders asked Whole Foods to stop giving him a platform.
Disgraced former rabbi’s ties to Whole Foods questioned
By Lauren Markoe — December 31, 2015
(RNS) A former rabbi enjoys rising popularity as a spiritual leader, but hundreds of Jewish leaders say he needs to be exposed as a sexual predator.
Modern Orthodox Judaism says ‘no’ to women rabbis
By Kimberly Winston — November 2, 2015
(RNS) The Rabbinical Council of America officially prohibited the ordination of women in what it described as a direct vote of its membership.
Rabbi and two others convicted for torturing husbands in Jewish divorce scam
By MaryAnn Spoto — April 22, 2015
TRENTON, N.J. -- FBI agents secretly recorded conversations in which Rabbi Mendel Epstein boastfully claimed that his "team" kidnaps and beats husbands until they agree to give their wives religious divorces, known as gets.
Can Jews and Muslims get along? 60 imams and rabbis meet in Washington to try
By Lauren Markoe — November 24, 2014
(RNS) Sixty imams and rabbis want to get on with the hard work of repairing the rift between Muslims and Jews.
COMMENTARY: Have corporations become modern-day golems?
By Jack Moline — July 22, 2014
(RNS) The rhetorical devices that ascribe the characteristics of a citizen to the legal fiction called a “corporation” are the mud and magic that produce a golem.
Orthodox rabbis indicted in divorce shakedown scheme
By Richard Khavkine — May 23, 2014
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) Four Orthodox rabbis implicated in a torture-for-hire operation were indicted Thursday (May 22).
Brothers admit role in Jewish divorce extortion scheme
By Jason Grant — March 12, 2014
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) Two brothers have admitted to playing roles in a bizarre plot to kidnap, beat and torture a recalcitrant Orthodox Jewish husband to convince him to give his wife a religious divorce, authorities said.
N.Y. man pleads guilty in scheme with rabbis to violently extort divorce
By Bill Wichert — March 7, 2014
(RNS) David Hellman admitted to traveling with seven co-conspirators from New York to a New Jersey warehouse with the intention of forcing a Jewish man to give his wife a divorce document known under Jewish law as a “get.”
