Reform jews

Two arrested for connection to attempted arson of London's Finchley Reform Synagogue

Two suspects were arrested after attempting to set fire to Finchley Reform Synagogue in London using petrol bombs, though the attack was unsuccessful.

Finchley Reform Synagogue, in north London, pictured in 2006.
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019.

As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges

 A Torah held aloft at a reconstructionist synagogue.

Mordecai Kaplan's Reconstructionism: A vision of American Judaism that struggles to grow - review

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley (L) and former Providence Mayor David Cicilline (M) gather for the gathered for our annual St. Joseph’s Day celebration on March 19, 2026.

First, second Jewish mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, share a bar mitzvah


Jewish Agency slams Likud MK for comments against Reform Judaism

"We firmly reject any such disgraceful attack on a distinguished branch of Judaism and its representatives," said Mark Wilf and Doron Almog.

 MK Galit Distal-Atbaryan arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset. December 3, 2023.

'Remove the reformist': Likud MK hints in debate that Reform Jews are not really Jewish

“As long as I am leading the committee for Bible studies in schools, I will personally prevent the takeover of the education system by reformist organizations," said Distal Atbaryan.

 MK Gilad Kariv leads an Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 11, 2025.

A historic moment: UK's Liberal and Reform movements unify as Progressive Judaism

The CEOs of the two movements spoke to the Jerusalem Post about the journey to unification, and the 'profound optimism in deciding to work together.'

 Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky say a prayer for the formation of a new movement

Shame on us: When Jews attack synagogues in the name of religious purity - opinion

When we attack other Jews, even in other factions of Judaism, the Jewish soul dies a little bit more.

 THE BUILDING of Natan Ya Congregation, a Reform synagogue in Netanya, is defaced with hateful graffiti last week. This is not just a crime – it’s ‘chilul Hashem,’ the desecration of God’s name, committed on the walls of the house of God, the writer charges.

Herzog condemns attack on Ra’anana synagogue: ‘Hatred and violence have no place here'

After extremists disrupt Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, Herzog speaks with Reform rabbi to express solidarity and urge national unity.

 President Isaac Herzog attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 30, 2025.

Reconstructionist leader to step down as head of movement riven by tension over anti-Zionism

Rabbi Deborah Waxman said this week that she will retire in next summer, opening the top job at a movement that has been rocked by tension over a growing strain of anti-Zionism.

 Rabbi Deborah Waxman is president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism.

Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program

Some Jewish families see vouchers as relief from public school culture wars. Others fear long-term harm.

 The Texas State Capitol photographed on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 in Austin.

‘The end of the two-state solution hope in my lifetime,' says US Reform rabbi

"The Palestinians themselves strangled this fragile hope in its crib," Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch said.

 New York, NY USA - April 20, 2024 : Protesters waving Palestinian flags and sign at a demonstration near Columbia University Medical Center at the Plaza de las Americas in Washington Heights, New York

Aliyah committee will be ‘home’ for non-Orthodox Jewish denominations, Kariv says - interview

The committee would also examine the issue of people emigrating away from Israel, which Kariv claimed the government was not concerned about.

 MK Gilad Kariv attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on October 15, 2024.

South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech pulled from TV for being 'too political'

A public TV station in South Carolina removed a Holocaust memorial speech by a rabbi after he criticized recent policies on LGBTQ rights and refugee aid, fueling controversy over free speech.

 Rabbi Sam Rose criticizes US government policies during an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the University of South Carolina, Jan. 27, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina. Rose's speech was later cut from the broadcast's archive.