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Pledges of Jewish Allegiance, by David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis

Since the late 1700s, when the Jewish community ceased to be a semiautonomous political unit in Western Europe and the United States, questions surrounding Jewish status and identity have occupied a...

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US Jews urge Israel to take ‘confidence-building steps’ for talks

Citing Obama’s March trip to Israel, 100 prominent US Jewish leaders call on Benjamin Netanyahu to ‘demonstrate commitment’ to peace

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HUC receives $4.1m grant from Mandel Foundation

Most of cash will fund three-year training program for ‘visionary leadership’

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Hebrew Union College names Aaron Panken president

Longtime teacher succeeds Rabbi David Ellenson at the helm of the Reform movement’s rabbinical school

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Eyeing the horizon, pilot steers Reform rabbinical school

Aaron Panken follows in footsteps of Rabbi Rick Jacobs, aiming to draw people to Judaism ‘in a modern American context’

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Why a small word change is a big deal for Reform women rabbis

44 years after the movement ordained its 1st female rabbi, ordination certificates to now offer same designation for men and women

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Hebrew Union College saluted as ‘beacon of tolerance’ at Jerusalem campus...

Renovation of the Israeli headquarters for Reform Jewry funded by a $15 million grant from Taube Philanthropies

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Hebrew Union College appoints Rabbi David Ellenson as interim president

Scholar will head Reform movement campuses in New York, Jerusalem, Cincinnati and Los Angeles following plane crash death of predecessor Panken

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In a first, Reform rabbinical school won’t be led by a rabbi

The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion appoints Andrew Rehfeld, a political science professor, as its 13th president

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Reform seminary names professorships for head who died in plane crash

Rabbi Aaron Panken led the four-campus Hebrew Union College from 2014 until his death last year

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