Monday, June 18, 2012

Non-orthodox in Israel

  • MEVASSERET ZION, Israel -- With the holy city of Jerusalem visible in the background, a man and woman standing side-by-side lead prayers for about 50 congregants who have come to welcome the Sabbath in this suburbs Reform synagogue.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • In an unprecedented move, Israel has announced that it is prepared to recognize Reform and Conservative community leaders as rabbis and fund their salaries. Rabbis belonging to either stream will be classified as rabbis of non-Orthodox communities.
  • (Haaretz.com)
  • and it is precisely for this reason that I am so glad that the state has decided to fund non-Orthodox rabbis. Maintaining a practice that goes back to the Ottoman period, Israel recognizes a number of religions that it then funds to provide certain services.
  • (Tablet Magazine)
  • With the introduction of non-Orthodox rabbis into the system, young girls and boys may now grow up to know that the rabbinate is not a bastion reserved only for men.
  • (Jewschool (blog))
  • There is no evidence of a "drop" in emotional attachment to Israel among non-Orthodox Jews.
  • (Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
  • Now, with the State announcing it would agree to the definition of rabbis of non-orthodox communities, the courts involvement has become unnecessary and it is set to approve the agreement.
  • (YNET News)
  • She also demanded that there be a timetable for implementing the attorney-general's decision on non-Orthodox rabbis.
  • (Jerusalem Post)
  • But last week, in response to a Supreme Court petition calling for equal funding of pulpit rabbis, Israel's Attorney General said that for the first time the state would begin paying salaries of clergy from non-Orthodox denominations.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)

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