(JTA) Multiple dimensions of Israel’s ongoing civil strife came to a head on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, as secular activists shut down a public Orthodox Yom Kippur service in the center of Tel Aviv that had been barred by the Supreme Court. On Yom Kippur and in the hours afterward, […]
In fits and starts, liberal Israelis in the protest movement are publicly defining a new version of Jewish religion they can believe in, writes Masua Sagiv of UC Berkeley and the Shalom Harmtman Institute.
Street fights over prayer offer liberal Israelis a chance to define a Judaism they can believe in jta.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jta.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(JTA) — Israeli, observant Jews living in the United States, and especially here on the West Coast, are aware of the time difference between them and Israel at the beginnings