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Apr 15, 2020, 12:28 PM

To give my Israeli synagogue a chance of surviving the pandemic, I had to quit my job as rabbi

Rabbi Mikie Goldstein at Kehillat Adat Shalom-Emanuel in Rehovot. (Facebook / JTA Montage)

With no public funding for our non-Orthodox congregation, the decision was painful but necessary despite my shaky my personal finances

Jul 20, 2018, 12:21 AM

The day the Jewish state became Orthodox

The legs of a bride and groom are seen as they break two glasses concluding their Reform Jewish wedding ceremony held in front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2013, in protest of the Orthodox Rabbinate's monopoly on marriage licensing and the lack of civil marriages in Israel. (Flash 90)

It only took a few hours: first, the nation-state bill was signed; then, a Conservative rabbi was detained by police

May 3, 2015, 12:26 AM

Dreams ripped to shreds

A decision to cancel a bnai mitzvah ceremony for children with disabilities in Rehovot is unacceptable

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About Me

Rabbi Mikie Goldstein is the presisdent of the Rabbinical Assembly of Israel and rabbi of Kehillat Adat Shalom-Emanuel in Rehovot.