Why I’m a Proud Jewish Organ Donor
By Melissa Henriquez (Kveller via JTA) — In the crazy way that Facebook can bring people together, I along with 50,000 other followers watched a…
Religion
Rabbi Menachem Siderson: About this week’s Parsha
(Nov. 3, 2017) – Good Shabbos! This week’s Parsha tells us about Avraham’s well-known debate with Hashem. Hashem had sent three angels disguised as men…
Conservative movement doubles down on intermarriage and its rabbis ask why
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — “It doesn’t help.” “I don’t know how it happened or why it happened.” “The most common response I’m…
Conservative movement doubles down on intermarriage ban, but urges communities to welcome couples
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Conservative movement will maintain its ban on rabbis performing interfaith marriages while seeking to welcome couples who are already intermarried,…
Opinion: The Conservative movement can, and should, welcome the intermarried
By Bradley Shavit Artson, Arnold Eisen, Julie Schonfeld and Steven Wernick (JTA) — Contemporary Jewish life is graced by extraordinary blessing: We are the heirs…