rabbis

Orthodox rabbis charged in Jewish divorce shakedown plot

By Ted Sherman — October 11, 2013
(RNS) According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday (Oct. 10), the four are accused of charging families thousands of dollars to get recalcitrant husbands to agree to divorces, frequently by violent means.

Winners and losers in the Pew Research poll on American Jews

By Menachem Wecker — October 4, 2013
(RNS) Among the winners in the new Pew Research Center poll on American Jews, the Orthodox movement and Israel. Losers include the Conservative movement.

COMMENTARY: The persistent stained-glass ceiling

By A. James Rudin — August 22, 2013
(RNS) In the 40 years since America's first female rabbi was ordained, nearly 650 female rabbis have entered the Reform movement. Yet, Jewish and Christian clergywomen still face visible and invisible obstacles in their careers.

Yeshiva University’s Norman Lamm resigns amid sex abuse scandal

By David Gibson — July 1, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) “I understand better today than I did then that sometimes, when you think you are doing good, your actions do not measure up,” wrote Rabbi Norman Lamm, for decades a leading figure in Orthodox Judaism.

As holy days approach, rabbis reflect on final sermons

By Beth Kissileff — September 11, 2012

(RNS) A well-known Jewish adage says that one should “repent one day before your last one.” Religion News Service spoke to a variety of rabbis about what their final Jewish New Year message to their flock before leaving the pulpit would be. By Beth Kissileff. 

Israel agrees to recognize non-Orthodox rabbis

By Michele Chabin — May 31, 2012

JERUSALEM (RNS) The Israeli government's decision to pay the salaries of 16 non-Orthodox rabbis has thrilled Reform and Conservative Jews both in Israel and abroad. At the same time, it has instilled fear in the country's ultra-Orthodox, who say non-Orthodox Judaism isn't Judaism at all. By Michele Chabin.

Chaplains hear call to serve God while serving country

By Tracy Gordon — February 6, 2012

(RNS) More than 3,000 chaplains serve across the armed forces. And more than a few of them find their religious calling not in seminary but while on active military duty. By Debra Rubin.

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