On behalf of Reform Movement, we commend Obama Administration for ensuring both access to contraception for all women and the protection of autonomy, said Rabbi David Saperstein, director of Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in statement, following the administration's announced..…
It is a good bet, though, that, if there are people in Trump’s life who fit that description, that, even for them, Zionism, Jewish nationalism, matters more than Judaism, the Jewish religion. . ..…
Under Israel’s Law of Return, anyone who is married to a Jew, has Jewish grandparents and those who convert to Judaism are allowed to immigrate to Israel if they come from a recognized Jewish community. ... “This is completely inconsistent with more than two decades of Israeli..…
There are young Jews who are strongly anti-Zionist, but are just as strongly devoted to developing a strong Jewish identity. These DIY spaces and shuls are made by young Jews who are taking our Judaism into our own hands, and we're building our Jewish future with our own sweat and..…
The next month, attackers in Ukraine severely beat a Jewish surgeon, allegedly while shouting anti-Semitic rhetoric. . Topics: Muslims and Islam, Discrimination and Prejudice, Jews and Judaism, Religion and Society, Religious Affiliation, Religion and Government, Restrictions on Religion,..…
Whatever he believes in private, he’s using the label “Jewish.” That may be a secular form of Judaism, but on paper, there’s no distinction. ..…
Social Action Committee of the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations . Society for Humanistic Judaism . . . The House Committee on Appropriations is scheduled to mark up this bill on Thursday. ..…
But when it comes to marriage, they rarely cross religious lines – not only between Judaism, Islam and Christianity, for example, but also across the country’s four major categories of Jewish identity. . ... Topics: Jews and Judaism, Religion and Society, Marriage and Divorce ...…
Jewish Americans were not asked whether they are American first or Jewish first. . Topics: Jews and Judaism, Religious Affiliation, Religious Beliefs and Practices, Middle East and North Africa . ..…
But among Muslims and Orthodox Jews, men are more likely than women to say they regularly attend services at a mosque or synagogue.9 Higher levels of weekly attendance among Muslim and Jewish men are due in large part to religious norms that prioritize men’s participation in worship services. In..…
The more influence Orthodox wield, the more they can affect aspects of life here, from the opening of stores on Jewish Sabbath to permitting the more liberal sects of Judaism to perform marriages and conversions -- all of. ..…
Among Jews surveyed, 44% identify with Reform Judaism, 22% with Conservative Judaism, 14% with Orthodox Judaism, 5% with other Jewish movements and 16% with no particular Jewish denomination. ... Jews, 40% of “Jews by religion” identified with Reform Judaism,..…
Karen Armstrong is quite correct to state unequivocally, “Paul never forgot that he was a Jew,” but remembering his Jewishness does not necessarily imply that he lived according to Jewish law. Some of the apostles in Jerusalem might conceivably have felt that he had turned his back on..…
He does not believe that Goebbels's attack on Jewish intellectualism was the outcome of German of Judaism with lifeless reason — any more than German idealism was the outcome of Christian claims to supersede Pharasaic Judaism or of Lutheran claims to supersede Judaizing Catholics. ..…
Elements of Judaism: The five Old Testament items plus questions about the Jewish Sabbath and Maimonides. . ... Elements of Judaism . When does the Jewish Sabbath begin? Friday, Saturday or Sunday? ..…