Detention of Women at the Wall Again

June 21, 2012

Women Rabbis Earn Less…..A shanda!

Reform female rabbis are paid less than male counterparts, study finds June 20, 2012 NEW YORK (JTA) — Female Reform rabbis are paid less than their male counterparts, according to a new study by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The Study of Rabbinic Compensation by Gender collected gender and biennial salary data of CCAR rabbis and…Read more »

June 14, 2012

Kol Ami celebrates Gay Pride from the Jewish Journal

Posted by rabbieger in glbt, Uncategorized

LGBT Jews take pride in inclusiveness BY REBEKAH BLUME http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1338995330.html#_=1339704744007&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishjournal.com%2Flos_angeles%2Farticle%2Flgbt_jews_take_pride_in_inclusiveness_20120613%2F&size=m&text=LGBT%20Jews%20take%20pride%20in%20inclusiveness%20%7C%20Los%20Angeles%20%7C%20Jewish%20Journal&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishjournal.com%2Flos_angeles%2Farticle%2Flgbt_jews_take_pride_in_inclusiveness_20120613%2F&via=jewishjournal Share https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishjournal.com%2Flos_angeles%2Farticle%2Flgbt_jews_take_pride_in_inclusiveness_20120613%2F&size=medium&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishjournal.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DCUKkf7yj7K0.en.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!rFmBCPi40VqIDfp2cA%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTMMsM32mnT4OnVgxvel4kC2TNCoXQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1339704743972&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishjournal.com Crowds of revellers pack Santa Monica Boulevard during the L.A. Pride Parade in West Hollywood on June 10. Photo by Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters Before he told members of his family, Nathan Looney told members of his synagogue, Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), that…Read more »

June 1, 2012

Historic Breakthrough in #Israel

Posted by rabbieger in Uncategorized

Numbers 4:21–7:89 An historic breakthrough has happened in Israel. For decades Reform Judaism has been striving for a measure of equality in the Jewish State! Time and again Reform rabbis and Reform institutions have been overlooked or shut out of state funding or Israeli government recognition. All that is beginning to change. This week Rabbi…Read more »

May 25, 2012