A Reform and Conservative Synagogue Serving the Rivertowns
A Reform and Conservative Synagogue Serving the Rivertowns
Conversation with Uri Regev at Woodlands Community Temple. He is the, founder and president of Hiddush, an Israeli organization whose mission is to realize Israel’s founding vision as articulated in its Declaration of Independence.
Rabbi Regev, an Israeli attorney ordained at HUC-JIR Jerusalem, served as founding chair, executive chair and legal counsel of the Israel Religious Action Center. Through that and various other organizations he has been an Israeli voice for pluralistic Judaism and an advocate for human rights.
He has taken on Israeli Supreme Court cases involving “Who is a Jew?”, equitable funding for Reform and Conservative institutions and the fight for representation in religious counsels. He has also defended the rights of Sabbath observant Jews and argued other cases involving central issues of religious pluralism and human equality.
Calling on his usual passion, dynamism and remarkable facility with words, Rabbi Regev will discuss the current status of religious pluralism in Israel.
Brunch at 10:30 am at Woodlands Community Temple on January 26. Cost $5.00 per person. Please sign up on-line at www. www.wct.org or send a check to WCT (50 Worthington Road, White Plains, NY 10607).
