Conservative judaism

Tisha B’Av and the threat within: How baseless hatred endangers Israel, Jews today - opinion

We expect world Jewry to understand us and support us without reservation, while significant parts of Israeli society continue to despise them and deny the legitimacy of their Jewish identity.

A SCREENSHOT of a cartoon of MK Gilad Kariv alongside Palestinian flags, shared on social media.
Rabbi Robin Fryer Bodzin stands in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Rabbi warns proposed Kotel bill could criminalize egalitarian prayer

Andrew Ginsburg celebrates after winning a JFK Jr. look-alike competition in the West Village.

Meet the Connecticut dad and children’s book author who won a JFK Jr. lookalike contest

Rabbi Gesa Ederberg is installed as the president of the Rabbinical Assembly at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 11, 2026.

Berlin rabbi makes history as first European to head Conservative rabbis’ association


Letters to the Editor December 14, 2022: Lack of responsibility

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Reform, Conservative Judaism is a new religion

"Have you ever seen a Reformer [Jew] who repented? I didn't see any, there are none. They feel they are okay; that they have a religion, but they have a new religion."

 Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a ceremony of the Israeli police for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022.

What is Sigd, the holiday of Beta Israel and Ethiopian Jews? - explainer

What exactly is the Jewish holiday of Sigd about? What are its origins? How is it celebrated in Ethiopia and Israel? And should all Jews celebrate it?

ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELI KESSIM celebrate the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv

Grapevine November 16, 2022: A government of alienation?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

Former Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.

5 ways Itamar Ben-Gvir hopes to change Jewish life in Israel

What exactly does Itamar Ben-Gvir have planned for Israel according to his view of Judaism? Here are five of the core goals that he hopes to achieve.

 The Otzma Yehudit faction, led by MK Itamar Ben-Gvir (center), is seen walking into the President's Residence for a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2022.

Would Rav Kook support Ben-Gvir, the Religious Zionist Party? - review

Scrutinizing two major Religious Zionist thinkers and their current relevance.

 RELIGIOUS ZIONIST MK Itamar Ben-Gvir pictured in campaign photos ahead of the election.

The loneliness of the long-distance Yom Kippur faster - opinion

I am curious what I might learn if I were to push myself past my comfort zone. Certainly, Yom Kippur does that.

A woman walks alone in a park

Secular and Reform Israelis more religious than their American counterparts - analysis

If the Israeli branch of the Reform movement won’t recognize patrilineal descent Jews as Jewish, then something substantial needs to happen in order to bridge this gap.

 MEN PRAY at the Western Wall on the eve of Tisha Be’av, earlier this month. ‘The New York Times’ wrote last year that ‘The Western Wall is now used mostly by Jewish worshipers despite its also being important to Muslims.’

US Reform, Conservative rabbis had enough of anti-Zionist rhetoric

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A rabbinical coalition in the US is countering the growing trend of incoming Reform and Conservative rabbis who feel they need to avoid or criticize Zionism.

 MEMBERS OF the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition at a Washington conference

An Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbi spend Shabbat together

For years Orthodox rabbis maintained that working with Conservative and Reform rabbis lends legitimacy to their movements and views of Judaism.

 OFFICES OF the Chief Rabbinate: Issues like conversion, kashrut supervision and civil marriages make cooperation between the different movements surprising, says the writer