http://arza.org.au Looking After the Reform Zionist Community in Australia Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:43:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en JPost.com Israel By JONAH MANDEL 07/25/2010 03:03 Reform, Masorti movements halt petitions to enable talks. The agreement for an all-around moratorium on the legal actions that could change the status quo of conversions in Israel seems to be accepted only by liberal Jewish groups, while the ... http://arza.org.au/?p=756 (19/07/2010) By Donniel Hartman The recent debate about conversion in Israel has brought to the fore an important question for Israeli society. Let's leave aside for now whether the proposed legislation in fact constitutes a change in policy toward Conservative and Reform conversions in the United States, or ... http://arza.org.au/?p=753 Dear friends, Many messages of congratulations and thanks have gone out to the members of the worldwide Reform community over the last few days. At the risk of repetition, I want to add my own.   ARZENU was included on the conference calls with the other leaders of the Reform and Conservative streams ... http://arza.org.au/?p=751 Good morning,   It is with a mixture of pleasure and relief that we share the news that MK David Rotem has withdrawn the controversial amendments to the Law of Conversion - for the time being at least.   Although it is sad that it was such a negative issue that prompted people around ... http://arza.org.au/?p=725 Dear Friend, We have reached the critical moment and we need your help.  The Israeli Knesset will vote in the next 72 hours on a bill that would fundamentally change the Law of Conversion and further concentrate power ... http://arza.org.au/?p=720 Op-Ed Contributor The Diaspora Need Not Apply By ALANA NEWHOUSE Published: July 15, 2010 - The New York Times WHO is a Jew? It’s an age-old inquiry, one that has for decades (if not centuries) provoked debate, discussion and too many punch lines to count — all inspired by what many assumed was the ... http://arza.org.au/?p=718 15 July 2010 IRAC Website|Blog||Contact   Dear Friends of IRAC, Thank you for your impressive response to our call for action on the Conversion Bill. Your emails and letters are pouring in. More than 3,600 people have sent letters directly through the RAC site, and just today, we delivered over 7,000 signatures on 350 ... http://arza.org.au/?p=713 Dear friend, As promised, we are trying to keep you fully informed about the developments with regard to the proposed changes to the Law of Conversion. Please follow this link to read an article published yesterday on j-wire: Progressive and Reform Judaism facing Orthodox Control Rabbi Uri Regev, head of Hiddush, has written ... http://arza.org.au/?p=709 14 JULY 2010  |  3 AV 5770 Dear Friends, Now is the time to act - for your sake, for the sake of your children and grandchildren. In a place in which all Jews ... http://arza.org.au/?p=708 By Rabbi Uri Regev, Advocate President & CEO of Hiddush 1 Av 5770 July 12, 2010 "Jerusalem was only destroyed because they zealously applied the strict letter of the Law [Torah] and not going beyond the letter of the law." (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzia 30B) ... http://arza.org.au/?p=707