Israel

Reform Pilgrimage to Israel

Year Adopted:
Background As Israel approaches her 50th anniversary, we Reform Jews remain utterly and unequivocally committed to the survival of a strong, secure Jewish State. We are also reminded that Israel was created, in part, to bring about a moral and spiritual renaissance for the entire Jewish people.

Law of Return

Year Adopted:
Reports received from Israel raise the disturbing spectre of another destructive controversy over the Law of Return.

Liberal Judaism in Israel

Year Adopted:
Our commitment to the State of Israel is of an ongoing nature as is our concern for the fullest flowering of religious liberty for all of its citizens. We call again for an end to discrimination in Israel against our non-orthodox congregations and rabbis.

Marriage in Israel

Year Adopted:
In Israel individuals can be married as Jews only if they can prove they are descended from a Jewish mother or that they have undergone Orthodox conversion.