NEW YORK (JTA) — Spurred by a major grant from one of the largest Jewish foundations, the rabbinical seminaries of three major synagogue movements are forging a groundbreaking partnership to train Jewish educators. The Jim Joseph Foundation announced May 24 that it was giving a combined $33 million to the… Read more »
Religion & Jewish Life
Disconnect to reconnect: New initiative urges the Google generation to unplug and slow down
SAN FRANCISCO (j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California) — You have 73 new e-mails. Someone just posted on your wall. You have been tagged in a photo. You turn on your cell phone: “4 missed calls” … “2 new voice mails” … and a long string of… Read more »
Reform and Conservative streams in U.S. and Israel oppose Israeli conversion bill
NEW YORK (JTA) – The U.S. Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements are warning that a proposed Israeli conversion bill is “disastrous to the unity of the Jewish people.” Knesset members from the Yisrael Beiteinu party were in the United States this week trying to marshal support for a… Read more »
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