NEW YORK -- The Conservative movement's synagogue umbrella group approved new bylaws aimed at improving its governance. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism adopted new bylaws Sunday that will reduce the size of its board of directors and place...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 7, 2012
More than a year after stalling with no apparent resolution, merger talks between Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel and Shaare Zedek Synagogue appear to have reignited last week. “I don’t have a crystal ball and can’t predict anything,” said Susan Cort,...
WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith leaders will take a six-city tour of Indonesia, Jordan and Israel to discuss the role of religion in advancing peace. The trip, which will include 12 religious leaders from the United States...
By Jessica Leader, JTA
• Published February 7, 2012
NEW YORK -- This wasn’t your typical bat mitzvah. It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a majority Muslim country with an Jewish community that is thought to number in the double digits. The bat mitzvah, Mei Lin Kallman, spent part of her Hebrew school...
JERUSALEM—The first Conservative rabbi to serve in the Ukraine will be ordained this week. Reuven Stamov, 38, a native of the Crimea, Ukraine, on Feb. 3 will be the 82nd rabbi to be ordained by the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary. Following his ordination,...
Merged day school's policy on kashrutA Nov. 2 letter to the editor asserts that the new Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School has no kashrut policy. We would like to correct this misperception and explain our approach to the merger process.When a Reform...
Hoping to bolster Jewish day school education in St. Louis, Solomon Schechter Day School of St. Louis (SSDS) and the Saul Mirowitz Day School- Reform Jewish Academy (RJA) have tentatively agreed to merge in the 2012-2013 school year, the Jewish Light...
