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secular jews
Separate but equal? Egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall makes Israel similar to Iran
A plan to create a special prayer space in the southern expanse of the Western Wall where the Conservative and Reform movements can hold gender-mixed services was approved by the Israeli government on Sunday, January 31, 2016.
Israeli rabbinical group to host 55,000 secular Jews for holiday services
The Tzohar rabbinical organization will host more than 55,000 people at 295 locations throughout Israel for Yom Kippur services.
Breaking (NOT): GOP hopes Jews vote for GOP
There may be chaos in the world, with an Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the specter of war in Ukraine and a seemingly endless cycle of violence in Gaza, but the earth continues to turn, the sun continues to shine, and Republicans continue to think Jews are about to turn Republican.
B’nai Mitzvah: War, politics, bonds enliven a basement rite-of-passage
This is a report on a bar mitzvah, although you may not recognize it as such.
Humanistic Judaism Trods Different Path
Rabbi Sherwin Wine of Birmingham Temple in Detroit founded Humanistic Judaism in 1963. Today, there are over 30,000 Jews involved with Humanistic Judaism in North America, including 1,000 in the greater Los Angeles area.