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
July 22, 2010 by Bob Goldfarb
Filed under In Case You Missed, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
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
July 6, 2010 by PresenTense Group
Filed under PresenTense Jewish Heroes Issue, The Blog
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
July 5, 2010 by PresenTense Group
Filed under PresenTense Jewish Heroes Issue, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
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
June 24, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
from The Jewish Journal:
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
June 18, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
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»
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