Picking up from last summer's podcast with two Israeli counselors at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, first-time staffer Yishai Mogilner talks about returning to his family's camp

Just 10 members of the movement’s 25-rabbi Committee on Jewish Law and Standards were in favor and 6 voted against, 5 rabbis abstained, 4 did not attend

Rabbis rule it's kosher to eat at unsupervised vegan and vegetarian restaurants, say many of their members already see 'no obvious kashrut problems' in doing so

Rabbis make a pandemic-era emergency measure permanent, allowing certain FDA-certified products to be purchased ahead of the holiday even without a kosher for Passover label

Inquiry following ToI expose on decades-long abuse scandal identifies 41 alleged incidents of sexual misconduct by adults at USY, but concludes issues not systemic

Joining other international Jewish groups, Masorti-Conservative leadership comes out in favor of President Herzog's call to freeze legislation, hold dialogue on judicial reform

Watchdog reveals existence of plan to bring American youth to Israel and hold communal events in the US, without any apparent reference to issues driving disconnect

Sandler, Idina Menzel and SNL actor Sarah Sherman get friendly with the rabbis, Beth Tzedec's Steven Wernick and Robyn Fryer Bodzin

The Jericho Jewish Center has aimed to consolidate with a nearby congregation, but years of negotiations over men and women praying together finish with the plan voted down

In unanimous vote, rabbinical panel signs off on lightly tweaked liturgy to accommodate people who do not identify as male or female to avoid 'embarrassment and disrespect'