State to support salaries of non-Orthodox rabbis; ‘rabbis of non-Orthodox communities’ will not have authority over religious and halakhic matters.
A secular Yeshiva – an article towards the Tikkun Leil
A new article by an American student in the Tel Aviv Secular Yeshiva writes about the Yeshiva. One of the teachers will be speaking at Beth Shalom this Saturday night. Join to a night of learning for Shavout.
Israel Research Fellowship
Israel Research Fellowship applications for 2012/13
Anat Hoffman: Why Jerusalem matters to Jews
See a video interview with IRAC Executive Director Anat Hoffman as she explains why Jerusalem matters to Jews.
RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER NEWS from URJ
IRAC connections The Union for Reform Jewry holds a huge bank of resources that we are able to access. Click below on the current titles that they publish, which change from time-to-time:
LESSONS TO LEARN FROM 1944
The text of a lecture delivered by Aryeh Rubin at the Wyman Institute’s national conference, “The Failure to Bomb Auschwitz: History, Politics, Controversy
A Jewish community president who can’t be called to the Torah?
As one local put it, Bulgarian Jews were raped, but not killed.
PM extends moratorium on civil conversion bill for six months
The passage of a preliminary reading of Yisrael Beiteinu’s civil conversion bill last summer sparked an outcry from Jewish communities throughout the world. By Yair Ettinger
Non-Jews can’t buy apartments in Israel?
A protest about Israeli Rabbi’s not allowing apartments to be leased / sold to non-Jews.
