Category Archives: Religion

Homosexuality in the Conservative Movement

Conservative Judaism’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) of the Rabbinical Assembly has recently approved three responsa on the question of ordaining avowed homosexuals as rabbis and cantors. The way the CJLS works, any of the three positions is now considered valid within Conservative Judaism, and individual rabbis may choose which to follow.

Help stop the genocide in Darfur!

More than 400,000 people have been killed in Darfur since the genocide started in 2003. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced. Five thousand people die each month in the ongoing slaughter. We must stop the killing.