California
Population: Figures show Orthodox population has slipped, but members say their ranks are increasing.
July 25, 1998
Rabbi Simon Dolgin, who led the Beth Jacob Congregation in the Los Angeles area for more than 30 years and laid the foundation for it to become the largest Orthodox synagogue west of the Mississippi, has died.
April 22, 2004
World & Nation
The rift between Orthodox and other Jews is a crisis because the faith demands that the people of Israel be one.
Nov. 5, 1997
American Judaism, undergoing “far-reaching” change over the last two decades, has more options than ever for spiritual expression--yet most Jews are reducing their religious involvement to a minimum or drifting away entirely from the faith.
Aug. 5, 1989
American Jewish leaders, breaking their own unwritten prohibition against direct intervention in Israeli domestic politics, are warning Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir that he risks losing hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid unless he finds a way to take back promises he made to win the support of ultra-Orthodox religious political parties.
Nov. 19, 1988
Rabbi Daniel Epstein, spiritual leader of the 2-year-old Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine, recently received a national award for new communities from the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America in Philadelphia.
Dec. 1, 1988
Politics
The Democrats’ vice presidential candidate has put the spotlight on efforts to define what it is to be Jewish.
Sept. 30, 2000
Violence, friction have escalated against Israel’s Conservative and Reform Jews as the tiny minority pushes to extend its influence in a country where Orthodox hold sway.
Oct. 8, 1997
Rabbi Marc H.
Dec. 19, 1987
Controversy: Critical remarks by head of Reform rabbinic association anger Orthodox branch.
April 6, 1996