Is the Incoming Trump Administration Pressuring Israel or Hamas?
All hell to pay.
January 15, 2025
“We cannot innovate our way out of this problem.”
Reflecting on the growing shortage of Conservative and Reform clergy, Rabbi Joshua Rabin argues that the problem is unlikely to get any better. At its root, he explains, is the diminishing number of “potential non-Orthodox Jews”—that is, children attending synagogues and educational programs—of whom only a small percentage will go on to become rabbis. The solution, therefore, can’t be to change rabbinical seminaries, but to focus on synagogues, schools, and youth programs:
All hell to pay.
Lessons from the battle of Ayn Dera in 1711.
The latest 60 Minutes report exposes the rot.
“We cannot innovate our way out of this problem.”
Melody and minhag.
Reflecting on the growing shortage of Conservative and Reform clergy, Rabbi Joshua Rabin argues that the problem is unlikely to get any better. At its root, he explains, is the diminishing number of “potential non-Orthodox Jews”—that is, children attending synagogues and educational programs—of whom only a small percentage will go on to become rabbis. The solution, therefore, can’t be to change rabbinical seminaries, but to focus on synagogues, schools, and youth programs:
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