Posts Tagged: Conservative Jews
Conservative Jews Call Out Synagogue Umbrella Over Vote in Favor of J Street
JNS.org - More than 70 Conservative Jews in an advertisement published Thursday called out the movement's synagogue umbrella organization for its recent vote in favor of...
Study: 25% of New York City Jews Live in Poverty
1.1 million. That's the number of Jewish individuals currently living in New York City, representing an increase in the population size since 2002 , according to...
What’s Left of the Jewish Left?
Adam Kirsch reports in Tablet on the recent YIVO conference "Jews and the Left," held at the Center for Jewish History in New York. Among the presenters...
U.S. Court Upholds New York “Kosher Law”
A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that New York's "Kosher Act" does not violate the constitution, upholding a previous ruling by a lower court. The...
Bat/Bar Mitzvahs: More Than Just Collecting Checks From Family Friends
At age 12, Sally Gottesman—now a not-for-profit consultant, largely in the Jewish community—was attuned to feminism in ways that other girls at her...
