History

I just started reading Jimmy Carter’s new book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, which has been garnering serious criticism in the ...

Thanks to Canonist for calling attention to the Orthodox institutions that responded to last week’s decision by (some in) the ...

Mobius over at Jewschool has posted a long and thoughtful response to the “Next Big Jewish Idea” question. Rather than ...

The last couple of days we’ve been lamenting the unfortunate state of the “Jewish Idea” — original thoughts, concepts, visions, ...

Over at Jewschool, folks are commenting on Jay’s MJL post about the Conservative movement’s decision yesterday. Is there anyone out ...

Today was the day that we’d worked for all these years: finally the doors of the Conservative movement have been ...

STATEMENT BY JAY MICHAELSON, DIRECTOR OF NEHIRIM (A NATIONAL JEWISH GAY & LESBIAN ORGANIZATION), FROM PRESS CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT ...

As expected, the Conservative movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards announced today that it has accepted multiple, conflicting responsa ...

The Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly begins its long-awaited meeting today to review its position on homosexuality. In all, five papers, ...

Last night, New York’s PBS station broadcast The Hidden Wisdom of Our Yearnings with Irwin Kula, a two-hour premiere of ...