Jewgenics, Part II: Genes, Identity, History — and a compelling book on the subject
Cross-posted on True Ancestor
In a previous post, I’ve explored the ideas behind a book that looks at the cross-currents of genes, identity and values and tries to answer the question, “Who is a Jew?”
The answer, according to that post, and the book discussed therein, was “almost everyone.” A new and perhaps even more compelling book on [...]
Israel at Sixty & the Importance of Religious Pluralism
I recently received an e-mail from the fine people at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel asking me if we could add them to our list of resources. A) I was totally impressed that we are even on their radar and B) while going through the links they sent me, I stumbled across this great [...]
RabbiPod On The Israeli Conversion Crisis
Last week Rabbi Eli Garfinkel of Temple Beth El (a Conservative Synagogue in Somerset, NJ) recorded an interesting Podcast. In short the good Rabbi shares some of his concerns regarding the recent conversion fiasco in Israel.
Here is a brief summary of the episode from the RabbiPod site.
In this episode of RabbiPod, I argue [...]
She’s a convert. She’s a woman . She’s African American, and she will be a rabbi…
First African American woman convert to be ordained as a Reform Rabbi, reports the JTA. Below is an excerpt but if you wish to read the full story, check it out on JTA. \
Raised by Pentacostal parents, Stanton-Ogulnick spent her childhood and young adulthood as a spiritual seeker, making the rounds of various [...]
Reform Jews open Israel’s first state-funded non-Orthodox synagogue
This Haaretz article just found it’s way in to my feed reader.
Reform Jews open Israel’s first state-funded non-Orthodox synagogue
Israel’s Reform Jews dedicated the first non-Orthodox synagogue to receive state funding on Monday, after a long court battle that accented the rift among streams of Judaism in Israel.
The Reform Yozma congregation fought for the better [...]
