Reform Judaism
Why I envy Orthodox Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 5, 2024
(RNS) — What do you envy in a religious tradition that is not your own?
How anti-Zionism became anti-Judaism
By Mark Silk — December 19, 2023
(RNS) — Once dismissed by many Jews, Zionism has become part and parcel of the lived experience of Judaism.
Rabbi David Ellenson was one in a generation
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 13, 2023
(RNS) — David Ellenson’s heart was as large as his mind. That is saying a lot.
Faith leaders’ support for family leave needs to start with their own staffs
By Mary Zamore — June 28, 2023
(RNS) — Moral leadership starts by setting a living example.
“And in the end, the love you take”
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 28, 2023
My final sermon -- a mix tape with Sinatra, the Monotones, Rav Kook, and Cynthia Ozick. More than four decades of striving for the holy.
‘Rabbi, what happens after I die?’
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 23, 2023
(RNS) — If you never learned this in religious school, then (in Brooklynese) 'you was robbed.'
We asked hard questions about Reform Judaism
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 6, 2023
(RNS) — Three hundred Reform Jews; three hundred fifty Reform Jewish opinions. It worked.
Should the Tree of Life shooter get the death penalty?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 9, 2023
(RNS) — A new podcast: Should murderers be executed? For the Jews of Pittsburgh, the question is personal.
Is it time to reform Reform Judaism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 20, 2023
Whatever Jewish movement you are part of, make it better. That is what more than two hundred Reform leaders are prepared to do.
Why the Biden administration should spare Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers’ life
By David Saperstein — April 19, 2023
(RNS) — The government should consider the guidance of the collective wisdom of Jewish institutions.
When is it ‘a time to die’?
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — A new documentary and podcast ask the question: When is it enough?
Israel’s Reform rabbi and legislator on judicial overhaul: ‘It doesn’t look good.’
By Yonat Shimron — March 20, 2023
(RNS) — Gilad Kariv, who serves on the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, said he wants American Jews to help protect Israel’s democracy.
Confessions of a post-Vatican II Reform rabbi
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 14, 2022
(RNS) — When we make religion easier and more convenient, what evaporates in the process?
Why A. B. Yehoshua matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 16, 2022
He was my first Israeli literary crush. Here is why.
Should religion influence abortion policy?
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 23, 2022
(RNS) — Your theological claim cannot be the law of the land. This is America and this is 2022.
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