American rabbis
Welcoming my father’s bimah chair, saying goodbye to my childhood synagogue
By Shira Dicker — December 6, 2023
(RNS) — Why had I delayed claiming the symbol of my father’s rabbinate for so long?
Rabbi Harold Kushner, who wrote bestselling works of practical theology, dies at 88
By Ben Harris and Philissa Kramer — April 29, 2023
(JTA) — 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People', published in 1981, represented Kushner’s attempt to make sense of his son's suffering and eventual death.
Seeking answers in Judaism? It turns out, a rabbi can help.
By Rebekah Tokatlilar — April 17, 2023
(RNS) — Young people told the researchers that rabbis they had encountered had helped them feel more spiritually connected.
Last-minute invite appears to treat White House call with rabbis as an afterthought
By Menachem Wecker — September 5, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Sent 10 days before the start of Rosh Hashanah, an invite to an already controversial call to celebrate the Jewish holidays may draw only the Trump administration's closest allies in the Jewish community.
Rabbinical court in Israel rejects ‘liberal’ American rabbis
By Paul O'Donnell — May 30, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) – Israel’s rabbinical court system no longer recognizes the authority of more than 120 rabbis ordained at a modern-Orthodox rabbinical school in New York, a recently discovered document has revealed.
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