Thank you to Ben-Zion Friedman for sharing this summary and issues raised in the discussion at Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s 65 + Connection Group’s recent viewing of the film “The Attack.”  […]

Last month, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center, circulated the important letter below, supporting the rights of Bedouins in Israel.  This week, Haaretz included this […]

The Jerusalem District Court considered the main grounds that police cite for detaining members of Women of the Wall, the interdenominational feminist group that gathers monthly for prayers a the Western […]

In celebration of Yom Ha-atzme-ut, Israel’s Independence Day, on Monday (4/15/13) Reform Congregation Kehillat Yozma, in Modi’in, Israel will provide a live broadcast of their Havdalah ceremony to conclude Israel’s Memorial […]

We are so proud of our teenagers who are traveling in Israel right now and we are grateful to Rabbi Eli Freedman and Laurel Klein for leading the trip!  Keep […]

By Rabbi Eli Freedman, sermon delivered Yom Kippur Morning 2011 I’m not Thomas Friedman.  Yes, we have the same last name, although he spells it wrong, but that is the […]

Join Summer Rabbinic Intern Josh Franklin at Lunch and Learn this week, to discuss: What Does It Mean to Be a Zionist?  Review and continue last week’s discussion:  Zionism, the move toward […]

by Deborah Gordon Klehr, presented at Shabbat Services, July 29 I have long felt a deep connection to Israel. Although I had been there on family trips several times already, […]

On May 3rd, Daniel Gordis addressed the “J-Street Leadership Mission to Israel and Palestine.” His remarks that day are the basis for this May 27, 2011 The Jerusalem Post column, […]

Rachel Lerner’s Remarks: These have been some very eventful weeks when it comes to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, the future of a peace agreement and the U.S.-Israel relationship.  I’d like […]