There was little joy at the Kotel this Adar II
This year is a Jewish leap year. Because of discrepancies between lunar and solar rotations, during every 19-year cycle, the Hebrew calendar includes seven leap years, each with 13 months instead of 12. The month added is always Adar II, a second month of Adar. On the 14th day of Adar we celebrate the joyous […]
Rabbi David Lau’s ‘sexist’ remarks are sowing disunity
In an interview with The CJN, Chief Rabbi David Lau made some disturbing claims about the Women of the Wall.
Your daily spiel for Thursday, April 27
In today’s spiel: The interim French National Front president questions use of Holocaust poison; Women of the Wall protesters smuggle a Torah into women’s section; neo-Nazis displeased with Trump.
The mechitzah empowers, but it also incapacitates
CJN columnist Norma Baumel Joseph asks, “how do we reconcile the two opposite meanings of the wall? Is it possible to sit separate, but equal?”
Sharing space at Judaism’s holiest spot
It is time we acknowledge that the Orthodox community are not the only inheritors of our tradition
Netanyahu rejects statements from Israeli leaders condemning liberal Jews
Remarks from Israeli lawmakers come in wake of agreement to create non-Orthodox prayer section at the Western Wall
Rabbinical Council of America officially bans female rabbis
The decision comes after a vote within the RCA organization
