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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Buddhist#Notable_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_and_Buddhism#List_of_well-known_Jewish_Buddhists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_and_Judaism
http://www.satirewire.com/news/may02/hinjews.shtml
http://www.quakerquaker.org/group/liberal/forum/topics/can-one-be-quaker-and-jewish
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005212
https://forward.com/opinion/215323/learning-to-embrace-the-hybrid-jew/
https://universalistfriends.org/weblog/quakerism-and-judaism-a-universalist-perspective

https://www.uuworld.org/articles/orthodox-jewish-wisdom-religious-liberals
The Rev. Liz Lerner Maclay is minister of First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island. Raised Unitarian Universalist in Newton, Massachusetts, she earned an M.Div. and a Th.M. from Harvard Divinity School, where she studied ancient Greek religion, Hellenistic Judaism, and early Christianity. She has served Unitarian Universalist congregations in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York. She served two terms as president of Unitarian Universalists for Jewish Awareness and is a contributor to Jewish Voices in Unitarian Universalism (Skinner House, 2014).
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http://uuja.org/?page_id=28
https://www.uua.org/offices/people/jaclyn-kottman
https://jwa.org/blog/jewitches
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-katz-miller/rabbi-to-lead-a-unitarian_b_4760951.html
https://www.uuworld.org/articles/uuaga2016-palestinian-rights-resolution
http://blogs.dailynews.com/friendlyfire/2016/05/31/jaccuse-unitarian-universalist-association-anti-semitism/
http://unitarianbahai.angelfire.com/
http://icuu.info/
http://uuchristian.org/holy-land-trip-2016/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/women-of-the-wall-founder-bonna-devora-haberman-dies/
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Women-of-the-Wall-founder-Haberman-dies-406217
https://www.cakesforthequeenofheaven.org/blog
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Rev. Shirley Ann Ranck for initiating all this!

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Patricia Hyams, Secretary

I’m from Deerfield, IL. I am a member of the North Shore Unitarian Church. Having recently retired from teaching fourth graders in Grayslake, a career that was extremely fulfilling, always interesting, and deeply loving, I am excited to begin a new chapter in my life. Being on the UU Women’s Connection Council is a nice part of that transition. I enjoyed making a pilgrimage to Crete in September/October, 2015 with Carol Christ, and leading chants on its sacred mountains and caves. I am loving being a grand-mother to three, playing guitar, drumming, and having more time to read. Making music and singing to the Goddess are central to my spirituality.

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This email is to confirm your registration for the s for the Queen of Heaven Workshop at the First Unitarian Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday, November 22 beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at approximately 4:00 p.m. The address is: 1342 N Astor Street, corner of Astor and Ogden (Ogden 1400 east).

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A Woman’s Spirituality Study Circle is forming in Elgin, IL. Our purpose is to meet regularly to study subjects that raise our consciousness about the realities of women living under the domination of patriarchy. To bond with each other as we discuss our bodies and our experiences in a safe space free from the male gaze. To imagine future fantasies where women are again respected and regarded as sacred representatives of the Eternal Goddess in human form. To experiment with rituals and over time form a Moon Circle.

We will begin on Tuesday, Oct 24th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm and continue on succeeding Tuesday evenings from October through December.
Location At a private home in Elgin.
http://uuwomenspirit.org/contact-us/
https://www.uuwr.org/aboutus/coregroup
info@uuwr.org gretchen ohmann
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https://www.facebook.com/UUWomenandReligion/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/saikuz-chief-council-1.4419169?cmp=rss
https://gathervictoria.com/2017/12/15/doe-a-deer-a-female-deer-the-spirit-of-mother-christmas/

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http://www.jewfaq.org/movement.htm
The 2000 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) performed by the Council of Jewish Federations found that 10% of American Jewish adults identify themselves as Orthodox, including 21% of those who belong to a synagogue.
The NJPS found that 35% of American Jews identify themselves as Reform, including 39% of those who belong to a synagogue. 900 Reform synagogues in the United States and Canada.
The NJPS found that 26% of American Jews identify themselves as Conservative, including 33% of those who belong to a synagogue. There are approximately 750 Conservative synagogues in the world today.
yet according to the NJPS, only about 2% of the Jews in America identify themselves as Reconstructionist. Reconstructionist numbers are, in fact, so small that the NJPS advises caution in interpreting the statistics. There are about a hundred Reconstructionist synagogues world-wide
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-jewish-denominations/
In 2007, a poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute found that 27% of Israeli Jews say that they keep the Sabbath, while 53% said they do not keep it at all. The poll also found that 50% of the respondents would give up shopping on the Sabbath as long as public transportation were kept running and leisure activities continued to be permitted; however, only 38% believed that such a compromise would reduce the tensions between the secular and religious communities.[24]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Israel
Because the terms “secular” and “traditional” are not strictly defined, published estimates of the percentage of Israeli Jews who are considered “traditional” range from 32%[25] to 55%.[26] A Gallup survey in 2015 determined that 65% of Israelis say they are either “not religious” or “convinced atheists”, while 30% say they are “religious”. Israel is in the middle of the international religiosity scale, between Thailand, the world’s most religious country, and China, the least religious.[11] The Israeli Democracy Index commissioned in 2013 regarding religious affiliation of Israeli Jews found that 3.9 percent of respondents felt attached to Reform (Progressive) Judaism, 3.2 percent to Conservative Judaism, and 26.5 percent to Orthodox Judaism. The other two thirds of respondents said they felt no connection to any denomination, or declined to respond.[27]

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/.premium-1.528994
The previous survey − “A Portrait of Israeli Jews,” published jointly by the Avi Chai foundation and IDI − found that 4 percent of Israeli Jews viewed themselves as Reform and another 4 percent considered themselves Conservative. But when asked about religious practice, only a minuscule 1 percent of all respondents said they prayed or regularly attended religious services in a Reform or Conservative synagogue; another 3 percent did so “frequently.” Fully 69 percent of Jews said they never visited a synagogue belonging to either of these denominations, while a relatively high number ‏(26 percent‏) said they did so “rarely.”
d to hear a petition by Reform and Conservative Jews who are seeking state recognition of their movements and public funding. About two weeks ago, the state told the court that it intended to undertake a wide-ranging reform of religious services that would eliminate state-appointed neighborhood rabbis and instead allow communities to receive state funding for rabbis of their own choosing, including non-Orthodox ones. This would be another stop on the road to recognizing Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel.

The petitioners’ representative, attorney Orly Erez-Likhovski, said ahead of the hearing that she would ask the court for a temporary injunction “that would obligate the state to turn its declarations in principle about egalitarian funding of religious services into a reality soon.”

“The survey results show that the non-Orthodox movement is establishing roots in Israeli society and can no longer be seen as marginal or extrinsic,” said Rabbi Gilad Kariv, executive director of the Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.

“Despite the hurdles posed by the state and the Orthodox establishment, the fact that hundreds of thousands of Israelis identify directly and clearly as Reform and Conservative Jews demonstrates the potential in Israel for liberal and egalitarian denominations,” he added.
http://www.thetower.org/article/reform-and-conservative-judaism-have-failed-in-israel-and-its-their-own-fault/
wrong concluszionsz but intereszting factsz
https://www.timesofisrael.com/refromed-conservative-movements-to-receive-funds-through-ministry-of-culture/
Margi, of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, said Tuesday he would seek to resign should the government transfer funds to non-Orthodox movements, and that he would ask permission from Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to quit the government.

In an Army Radio interview on Wednesday morning, Margi blamed Reform Judaism for “centuries of assimilation.” He added that the Reform movement “thinks it is bringing a new spirit to Judaism, but in practice it is an evil spirit.”
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read more: https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/news/.premium-1.528994
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http://masorti.org/fulfilling-pm-netanyahus-promise-to-reform-conservative-jews/

Fulfilling PM Netanyahu’s Promise to Reform & Conservative Jews

Feb 3, 2016
Fulfilling PM Netanyahu’s Promise to Reform & Conservative Jews

What Will Netanyahu’s Big Promise to Reform and Conservative Jews Cost Israel?

If the prime minister wants to make good on his pledge to strengthen non-Orthodox Judaism in Israel, he will have to close the huge gap in state financing that favors the Orthodox movement.

Judy Maltz | Nov. 11,2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to strengthen the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel has been widely applauded around the non-Orthodox Jewish world.

But if the Israeli leader plans to make good on his word, that could end up costing him not only the crucial support of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners, but also millions of shekels in state funding currently withheld from the non-Orthodox movements because of their unrecognized status under state religious law.

Orthodoxy is the only brand of Judaism currently recognized by religious law in Israel, which governs almost all issues of personal status. The Orthodox movement is, therefore, the recipient of almost all the billions of shekels allocated each year in the state budget to religious institutions and services. Only in recent years, after several drawn-out legal battles, have the Reform and Conservative movements been thrown a few crumbs.

According to the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem, more than 7 percent of Israelis today see themselves as affiliated with the Reform and Conservative movements. The Conservative movement (also known as Masorti) today has more than 75 congregations in Israel, while the Reform movement has 45. The non-Orthodox movements also run day-care centers and school programs in Israel, in addition to conducting life-cycle events – weddings, bar/bat-mitzvahs and funerals – for tens of thousands of Israelis each year. Almost all these activities are self-financed through fundraising efforts abroad and fees charged for services rendered in Israel.

Yizhar Hess, executive director of the Conservative-Masorti movement in Israel, estimates that about $1 billion a year is allocated from the state budget to the Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox movements. A large part of that goes to ultra-Orthodox yeshivas, religious schools that focus almost exclusively on Jewish studies.

“The fact that the non-Orthodox movements managed to double themselves in the past decade, despite the abuse they’ve taken from the establishment,” he says, “proves just how authentic their presence is in Israeli society and how huge the potential is. One decade of equal funding – and Israel will be a different place.”

But the non-Orthodox movements have a long way to go, as the following areas of disparity demonstrate:

Salaries for rabbis:

Following an eight-year legal battle, last year the government for the first time began paying salaries to non-Orthodox rabbis. But since only rabbis serving outlying regions of the country are eligible for such payment, there are currently just seven Reform rabbis on the state payroll. Unlike Reform rabbis, Conservative rabbis do not drive on Shabbat, and since most do not live in outlying areas, they do not meet the criteria for payment out of the state budget. The Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), the advocacy arm of the Reform movement in the country, has been fighting to get rabbis in larger communities on the state payroll as well, but so far with little success. Several hundred Orthodox rabbis are currently on the state payroll.

Funding for synagogue and mikveh (ritual bath) construction:

Only in 2008 did the state first begin allocating funding for the construction of pre-fabricated synagogues for the non-Orthodox movements. Until then, funding was only available for the construction of Orthodox synagogues. Today, there are six Reform and two Conservative synagogues in Israel that have been built with state funding – compared with thousands of Orthodox synagogues. No state funding, however, has been made available for mikvehs run by the non-Orthodox movements, and their members are prohibited from using the many ritual baths operated by the Orthodox establishment around the country.

Conversions:

The state spends more than $10 million a year on Orthodox conversion programs, but barely a tiny fraction of that on conversion programs run by the Conservative and Reform movement – and that was only after the discrimination was challenged in court. Although graduates of the non-Orthodox programs are recognized as Jewish in Israel’s population registry, they are not able to marry in the country, as their conversions are not recognized by the Orthodox-run Chief Rabbinate.

Circumcisions:

For adult converts required to undergo circumcision, the procedure can cost thousands of shekels. The government does make funding available, but only for graduates of Orthodox conversion programs. IRAC has an appeal pending in court to obtain funding for its converts as well.

Educational programs:

The previous government set up a special “Jewish Identity Administration” in the Education Ministry aimed at bringing secular Jews closer to Judaism. So far, according to IRAC attorney Orly Erez-Likhovski, only Orthodox organizations have received funding from it. Requests submitted from non-profits affiliated with the Reform and Conservative movements, she said, have all gone unanswered.

What are the chances that Netanyahu will be able to deliver on his pledge to strengthen the Reform and Conservative movements? Shahar Ilan, the vice president of Hiddush, an organization that promotes religious tolerance in Israel, is not holding his breath. “Close to nil,” he says, noting that the prime minister has little leverage considering the current composition of his coalition. “If he couldn’t do anything when he had Yair Lapid in his government,” he says, referring to the head of the secularist Yesh Atid party, “then how can he be expected to do something when he has the ultra-Orthodox in his government?”

Besides that, advises Ilan, the non-Orthodox movements should be careful what they wish for. “Let’s say they do end up getting money from the government,” he notes. “It will be a lot harder for them to come out then and criticize the government because they’ll have a lot more at stake.”

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.779784
The Reform and Conservative movements filed suit against the Israeli government on Monday for systematically blocking their participation in state-funded Jewish outreach programs that target nonreligious Israelis.

In their petition to the High Court of Justice, the non-Orthodox movements charged that a relatively new initiative of the Ministry of Religious Services, designed to give nonreligious Israelis more exposure to Judaism, relies almost exclusively on collaboration with Orthodox organizations and institutions.

Since it was established four years ago, the ministry’s Jewish Identity Administration has transferred tens of millions of shekels to the partners in these outreach projects, virtually all of them Orthodox, according to the petition. Numerous requests by the Reform and Conservative movements to become involved in these initiatives have been ignored, the petition said.

The appeal against the Ministry of Religious Services was submitted by the Israel Religious Actions Center, the advocacy arm of the Reform movement in Israel, on behalf of both it and the Conservative movement.
Israel’s Religious Services Minister David Azoulay, a member of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox Shas party, in March 2016.
Israel’s Religious Services Minister David Azoulay. Known to be particularly antagonistic to the non-Orthodox movements.Marc Israel Sellem / Jerusalem Post

According to the petitioners, the preferential treatment given to Orthodox entities is proof that the Jewish Identity Administration “is violating its obligation to distribute state funds in accordance with the principles of equality, pluralism and religious freedom,” and demonstrates a policy of “blatant” exclusion of the non-Orthodox movements.

The administration was established during the tenure of former Minister of Religious Services Naftali Bennett, head of the right-wing Habayit Hayehudi party. Today the ministry is controlled by Shas, the ultra-Orthodox Mizrahi party.

David Azoulay, the current minister, is known to be particularly antagonistic to the non-Orthodox movements. Soon after assuming his position in May 2015, his reference to the Reform movement as “a disaster for the Jewish nation” sparked calls for his ouster among world Jewish leaders.

According to the petition submitted Monday, when the Jewish Identity Administration was established, it pledged to include all Jewish movements in its outreach programs.

The flagship projects undertaken in this context have virtually all involved exclusive partnership with Orthodox groups. These include a project that dispatches Jewish outreach coordinators to cities and towns around the country, another one that encourages nonreligious Israelis to become acquainted with their local synagogues, and yet another that focuses on improving the connection between university students and Judaism.

Several months ago, the city of Tel Aviv cut off ties with the Jewish Identity Administration, saying it had no interest in receiving state funding for an outreach coordinator committed exclusively to disseminating Orthodox Judaism.

To date, the Reform and Conservative movements have only been asked to participate in one small–scale artistic project funded by the Jewish Identity Administration.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Religious Services did not respond to a request for comment.
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http://hiddush.org/article-17123-0-Twothirds_Israelis_oppose_government_Kotel_and_Conversion_decisions.aspx
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/world/middleeast/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-ultra-orthodox-western-wall.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/world/middleeast/reform-conservative-jewish-leaders-pr-blitz.html
https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/10/01/breaking-the-ultra-orthodox-control-over-israel/
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/chabad-2/birthright-drops-reform-program-claims-kids-prefer-orthodox-tours/2017/11/27/
https://972mag.com/right-wing-tv-station-ordered-to-include-reform-conservative-judaism/123906/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-clash-with-reform-worshipers-at-western-wall/

https://www.jta.org/2017/12/20/news-opinion/united-states/four-ways-israel-and-american-jews-grew-apart-in-2017
http://www.womenofthewall.org.il/legal-struggle/

http://www.arza.org/contents/arza-leadership
even the Reform Group is male dominated
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jailing-women-for-shofar-blowing-thats-what-shass-western-wall-bill-says/
http://www.arza.org/blog/post/kotel-crisis-conversion-bill

http://www.womenofthewall.org.il/legal-struggle/
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4825996,00.htm
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-response-to-court-state-shuts-door-on-western-wall-deal/

http://pluralism.org/religions/buddhism/issues-for-buddhists-in-america/women-in-american-buddhism/

MORMONSZ CURRENTILLY DO NOT ORDAIN WOMEN OFFICILLY & CONTINUE TO HAVE SZOME OF THISZ TRADITION TRYING TO PRACTICE POLYGAMY UNOFFICILLY. ASZ WITH CATHOLICSZ MANY WOMEN HAVE ALLREADY BEEN ORDAINED BY RIGHTEOUSZ REBELLESZ, BUT MANY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THEM

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Ordain Women’s Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Full gender parity!

On the second day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Mothers in blessing circles
and
Full gender parity!

On the third day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the fourth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the fifth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the sixth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the seventh day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Gender inclusive language,
Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles.
and
Full gender parity!

On the eighth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Lessons that quote women,
Gender inclusive language,
Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the ninth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

More female speakers,
Lessons that quote women,
Gender inclusive language,
Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles
and
Full gender parity!

On the tenth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Women on all councils,
More female speakers,
Lessons that quote women,
Gender inclusive language,
Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…

Female financial clerks,
Women on all councils,
More female speakers,
Lessons that quote women,
Gender inclusive language,
Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the Prophet could decree…
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Women’s ordination,
Female financial clerks,
Women on all councils,
More female speakers,
Lessons that quote women,
Gender inclusive language,
Wives, too, preside,
Women interview girls!!!
Equal children’s budgets,
Women as witnesses,
Mothers in blessing circles,
and
Full gender parity!