Reform Movement

Diaspora Ministry pairs with US liberal synagogue rabbinical fellowship to strengthen Israel ties

A cohort from the SWFS Amplify Israel fellowship met with Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli in an effort to "strengthen [Israel's] connection with liberal rabbis from North America."

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli meets with US Reform rabbis in an effort to strengthen ties between Israel and American Jewry in early January 2026.
Hebrew Union College celebrated the academic achievements of students in its Israel programs during the Ordination and Academic Graduation at the Taube Family Campus.

Hebrew Union College ordains six new rabbis in Jerusalem, bolstering Israeli reform movement

Six new Israeli reform rabbis were ordained at HUC-Jerusalem, joining 142 alumni serving 50+ communities across Israel as a part of a growing movement in Israeli society.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Jews are right to be alarmed about Zohran Mamdani - opinion

While I will not tell people who I think they should vote for, I will continue to examine, through a Jewish lens, issues of concern I hope my congregants will consider when they vote.

|ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON
THE WRITER leads a service at her synagogue, East End Temple.

Reform Judaism and Zionism: The danger of misrepresentation - opinion

With the rise of anti-Jewish hatred and violence, the diverse spectrum of Jewish denominations must join together in solidarity.

|ByOLIVIA BRODSKY

Reform Judaism in Britain

Reform Judaism has faced a struggle against the established, comfortable, middle-of-the-road, non-haredi Orthodoxy that represented Judaism to most of the natiion.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByNEVILLE TELLER
Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner (center) joins a vigil against human rights violations in Iraq outside Westminster Abbey with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (second from left), Imam Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra (second from right) and Sayeeda Warsi (right) in 2014

Why do reform rabbinical schools deny those in interfaith relationships?

All my life, my community had told me that no matter who you are or who you love, you are equal in our community. But now it feels like I’ve been betrayed.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByEZRA SAMUELS/JTA
American, Canadian and Israeli flags are displayed in the S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Reform movement gets $600,000 grant to support racial justice, diversity

The movement will work to recruit a more diverse staff and board with a focus on racial justice, a statement said.

AUGUST 14, 2020ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
Reform Movement prayer service at the Western Wall

Florida man to be charged with vandalism of 2 synagogues in Sarasota

Victor Martinez, 21, was named by the Sarasota Country Sheriff’s Office as the previously unidentified man who spray-painted swastikas and hate messages on both Sarasota synagogues.

JULY 28, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

Amid COVID-19 pandemic two major Brooklyn synagogues discuss merging

“While I am prouder than ever to be part of this congregation, our financial health has been seriously impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.”

MAY 29, 2020BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
An illustrative photo of Hasidim walking in Brooklyn, New York.

Union for Reform Judaism announces layoffs, furloughs

“The impact of COVID-19 on all of our revenue streams has been crushing, and we anticipate it will take several years to recover,” Jacobs wrote. “Consequently, our organization must get smaller.”

MAY 14, 2020BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
abbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks at the group's biennial in Chicago about combating racism, Dec. 12, 2019

Reform movement condemns Trump’s immigration order

RAC director Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner said the order “is an extension of the xenophobia that has tragically guided our nation’s immigration policies during his time in office."

APRIL 25, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US President Donald Trump