Archives
Culture: The answer enfolds the overlapping entities of religion, ethnicity and politics.
Sept. 29, 1997
’ Since there is only one Judaism, it cannot have branches or denominations. This is why pluralism in Judaism is contrary to the Torah.’
March 29, 1997
World & Nation
Religion: The Southern Baptist movement to convert Jews deepens the faith of all.
July 26, 1996
Obituaries
One of the most influential American scholars of Judaism has died.
Oct. 9, 2016
Re “A Divisive Argument Is No Builder of Consensus,” Commentary, Feb. 11: Fredelle Spiegel’s analysis of the rejection of modernist branches of Judaism by Israel’s Orthodox authorities focuses on the ideological differences between the organized forms of Judaism that prevail in the U.S. and Israel.
Feb. 16, 1998
When Jews assemble in Madison Square Garden today to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, they will listen to Jewish establishment figures recall Yitzhak Rabin and disingenuously assert that “our hands did not spill his blood.”
Dec. 10, 1995
Doctrine: Group officially brands Conservative and Reform movements as ‘another religion.’ But leaders of those denominations say unity must be emphasized.
April 1, 1997
California
Judaism: In sermon to his synagogue, Rabbi Harold Schulweis says the notion of conversion “is upsetting to some Jews because they feel Judaism is less an ideology than a biology.”
Oct. 19, 1996
Underscoring the prominence of Judaism on the West Coast, a leading New York-based organization for Conservative Judaism has for the first time elected a Los Angeles rabbinical seminary as a permanent member.
Dec. 18, 1999
“In the Shadow of the ‘80s” (July 31) can easily lead to a harmful misconception of the teachings of the Jewish faith.
Aug. 7, 1994