Patrilineal Descent And The Conservative Movement
Back in 1983 when the Reform rabbis approved patrilineal descent, everyone thought it would split Reform from the rest of the Jewish community. A generation later, Judaism is split, but the chasm is not between Reform and everyone else, but between Orthodox and everyone else: http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a17245/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Patrilineal Descent!
Why did the 25th anniversary of the Reform movement’s historic and groundbreaking decision come and go with nary a commemoration? And what’s its legacy, anyway? First of a three-part series.
http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a16998/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html#
The Last Taboo: Intermarried Rabbis?
To ordain or not to ordain… http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a15921/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html
A Generation Apart on Intermarriage
Janet Jagan, the former American Jewish-born president of Guyana, and a new book on the history of intermarried Jewish women…http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a15579/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html
The Audacity of Tikvah
This month I write about the best little interfaith-family-friendly synagogue in the world : mine! (I’m not biased at all, of course, and it’s conveniently blogrolled on the side of this page.)
Intermarried Dreidel Diva
This month I write about Jennie Rivlin Roberts, an entrepreneur who
invented “No Limit Texas Dreidel” with her non-Jewish husband, Webb
Roberts, and has launched a uniquely accessible Judaica business.
http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a14271/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html
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