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Now a Reform rabbi and the head of Israel’s Reform movement,
Kariv, 39, has decided on yet another life-altering shift: Just as he went from
secular to religious, and from Orthodox to Reform, he will attempt to move from
the synagogue — the “beit ha-knesset” in Hebrew — to the Knesset, Israel’s
Parliament.
In the Knesset, Kariv would face a formidable
opponent in the solid bloc of Orthodox parties. Labor Knesset member Daniel
Ben-Simon says he’d be happy if Kariv decides to run, as he would present an
alternative to the Orthodox regardless of whether he succeeds in passing
legislation.
“He
needs to make his voice heard and say there are different versions” of Judaism,
Ben-Simon told JTA. “He doesn’t need to change the law. I’d be happy for
another presence here so we can know that the whole world is not Orthodox.”
While Rabbi Gold has been granted the right to receive a salary
now, she hasn’t seen a penny of it yet. So realistically her life hasn’t
changed much, just symbolically.
“There is no
difference yet because the salary is not being released,” said Rabbi Gold.
“There is resistance by the Minister of Culture and Sport, which is supposed to
provide the funds.”
Rabbi Miri Gold's paycheck looks the same today as it did six
months ago, despite the Israeli attorney general's decision in May stipulating
that Gold and other Reform and Conservative rabbis in certain parts of the country
must receive the same wages as Orthodox rabbis.
By Arie
Hasit
I would like to say
in no uncertain language: despite the difficulties we face here, the leaders of
non-Orthodox (and liberal Orthodox) Judaism have many achievements, of which
the entire Jewish world can be proud.
By Allison
Kaplan Sommer
Without
the investment that the non-Orthodox movements abroad have made in creating
supporting their institutions in Israel, there would likely be no Reform or
Conservative synagogues in my area, my children wouldn’t be able to participate
in the NOAM Masorti scouting movement, and there would be no TALI school which educates
children in the spirit of pluralistic Judaism.
Cafe Carousela in
Rehavia is part of the no-certificate-but-kosher trend. Yonatan Vadai, the
manager, formerly ultra-Orthodox, says he keeps all the kashrut laws but
refuses to work with the rabbinate's kashrut supervisors.
After years of setbacks, Jerusalem's secular
population has begun to push back against what many believe are heavy-handed
tactics by the city's ultra-Orthodox residents to impose their religious mores
on the general population.
A growing number of restaurants now open on Saturday, an array of cultural events have sprouted up, and for the first time in years, a longtime exodus of secular residents for nearby suburbs appears to have halted.
A growing number of restaurants now open on Saturday, an array of cultural events have sprouted up, and for the first time in years, a longtime exodus of secular residents for nearby suburbs appears to have halted.
“It is forbidden for a woman to serve as member of Knesset,
it’s not modest,” the rabbi said. “Public exposure contradicts the Jewish
principle that ‘all the glory of the daughter of a king is internal,’” Aviner
added in comments first published on the Kipa website.
Moderated
panel discussion with Jewish feminist leaders about gender-related events in
Israel and their implications for American Jewry.
Panelists:
* Dr. Hannah
Kehat, Founding Director, Kolech Religious Women's Forum
* Jane
Eisner, Editor-in-chief, The Forward
* Blu
Greenberg, Founder and first president, JOFA
* Susan
Weiss, Founding Director, Center for Women's Justice
Respondent:
Nancy Kaufman, Director, NCJW
Moderator,
Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman, Interim Director, JOFA
CWJ’s
groundbreaking strategy of “damage claims for get refusal” is proving to be an
increasingly effective tool for battling get refusal in Israel. Last week, we
conducted our first in a series of country-wide seminars aimed at training
family law attorneys in the use of this approach.
Carried out in partnership with the Jerusalem Bar Association, the seminar attracted 35 participants. “I found the seminar very useful,” said one attendee, reflecting the general feedback. “It gave me practical tools and a good understanding of the rationale behind them.”
Based on this seminar’s success, the Jerusalem Bar has invited CWJ to conduct another seminar in spring 2013. Upcoming seminars are also being planned in coordination with the Tel Aviv and Hadera Bar associations.
Carried out in partnership with the Jerusalem Bar Association, the seminar attracted 35 participants. “I found the seminar very useful,” said one attendee, reflecting the general feedback. “It gave me practical tools and a good understanding of the rationale behind them.”
Based on this seminar’s success, the Jerusalem Bar has invited CWJ to conduct another seminar in spring 2013. Upcoming seminars are also being planned in coordination with the Tel Aviv and Hadera Bar associations.
The number
of same-sex weddings in Israel is estimated to have doubled since the High
Court issued a landmark ruling allowing gay couples to register marriages
conducted abroad.
The
anti-abortion organization Efrat combines racism, nationalism and chauvinism,
with the result that a woman's womb is expropriated from her and she becomes a
tool in the demographic war over Israel's future.
The Atias
family said that pro-life Efrat organization volunteers 'brainwashed' the young
couple and brought emotional turmoil on them.
Corinaldi
said that Israeli society in general has not been welcoming of the anusim.
“They go through torture here,” he said, “both at the hands of the Interior Ministry and at the hands of the rabbinate. It’s time the government realized that not every Jew wants to be Orthodox and that anusim are not foreigners but Jews who want to return to the fold.”
By Anshel
Pfeffer
While it
started out a decade ago with good and timely ideas for bringing Western
immigrants to Israel, the organization has increasingly come to resemble the
complacent Jewish Agency, which it replaced.
By Chaim
Levinson
The main
achievement of Zionism was to change the Old Yishuv into a sustainable society.
There's something sad about Israel's reliance on donations from abroad.
An
American immigrant has been named to the list of the newly formed Am Shalem
party headed by former Shas MK Rabbi Chaim Amsalem. But 37-year-old Rabbi Ariel
Konstantyn, the founding spiritual leader of The Tel Aviv Synagogue, says he's
still considering the offer.
"I have great respect for Rabbi Amsalem and the work Am Shalem is doing and seeks to accomplish," the New York native told Anglo File. "However, as of yet, I am undecided as to whether I wish to enter the political arena at this time."
"I have great respect for Rabbi Amsalem and the work Am Shalem is doing and seeks to accomplish," the New York native told Anglo File. "However, as of yet, I am undecided as to whether I wish to enter the political arena at this time."
Number of
Haredi academics grows 20% for 2012-13, is set to double in three years, Gideon
Sa’ar says
Recently
returned Shas politician Aryeh Deri also advises party to downplay its
treatment of African refugees in Israel.
By Dr.
Samuel Lebens
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto has a seaside villa, loyal followers, including
celebrities and politicians, and a $75 million fortune • But this week he was
arrested for trying to bribe a policeman and his wife attempted suicide •
Shedding light on a mystery man.
Rabbis
Pinto and Ifergan have discovered that the Torah provides them with a way to
combine money and spirituality, and accumulate vast sums of cash in the
process.
Two rabbis
launch a program with a
toolbox of skills for the educated but untrained rabbi
Religious
and ultra-Orthodox women expressed greater satisfaction from their jobs than
secular women, with 63% of observant women saying they were satisfied with work
compared to 52% of secular women and 51% of women who considered themselves
traditional.
This is
the first time a national- religious youth movement is taking part in the
annual event.
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