Friday, September 3, 2010

America’s Influential Women Rabbis

July 22, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog

The ‘Stained Glass Ceiling’ and The Sisterhood 50
an editorial from The Forward

The “stained glass ceiling” is such a common condition that it has its own Wikipedia page. It refers to the barriers placed before women who strive to»

Shifting Paradigms in Synagogues

This week marks the 200th anniversary of a foundational event in Reform Judaism, the dedication of a Temple in Seesen, Germany. With the aim of reconciling Jewish tradition with modernity, it embraced a different aesthetic and modeled a»

Update: Young Israel’s Female Problem

July 8, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene

As an update to a story we posted last week, representatives of 18 Young Israel synagogues are trying to make their national organization ‘more transparent, accountable and responsive.’

from The Jewish Week:

Disaffected Synagogue Leaders Push For Change In»

Don’t Worry, Be Breslov

Don’t Worry, Be Breslov: Signs Point Young Jews to the Na-Nachs
by Shifra Mincer

In a post-modern, post-Nietzschian world where God, apparently, has supposedly been dead for decades, many young American Jews have not given up on spirituality or the»

Rules of Engagement: How Heroes Show Us The Way

by Ezra S. Shanken

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.” How can we relate to those historical figures who hold a place in our Jewish»

Young Israel Threatens Synagogue Over Female President

July 1, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene

from The Jewish Week:

Young Israel Movement In Turmoil Over Upstate Shul

In the wake of an unprecedented move by the National Council of Young Israel to expel a member congregation in upstate Syracuse, a rebellion is brewing among some»

Turning Jerusalem into a Classroom of Jewish Diversity and Peoplehood

June 30, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under Events, Local Israel

Jerusalem Challenge, a new venture in Jewish Identity has launched in Jerusalem. With wide support across the communal landscape, the organization’s mission is,

“To inspire Jewish identity in young adults and their Israeli peers through interactive and meaningful Jewish educational»

Spreading the Model of IKAR

from The Jewish Journal:

How different is IKAR?

Rabbi Sharon Brous never wanted to build a synagogue.

Six years ago, when Brous met in a Santa Monica living room with a few families looking for a change in their Jewish»

The Union for Reform Judaism: Now and Then

Rabbi Yoffie’s Legacy: ‘Old Ideas’ for Reform Judaism
by Jonathan D. Sarna

In announcing that he will retire from the presidency of the Union for Reform Judaism in two years, Rabbi Eric Yoffie said that he aimed to give»

Rabbi Eric Yoffie Announces Retirement

June 11, 2010 by eJP  
Filed under The American Jewish Scene, The Blog

Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the head of the Union for Reform Judaism, has announced plans to step down effective in two years. Yoffie’s long-rumored announcement was made yesterday at the organization’s Board meeting in Brooklyn.

In prepared remarks Yoffie also addressed»