Rabbi Reuven Hammer, one of the pioneers of Conservative Judaism in Israel, has died at age 86. Hammer moved to Israel in the 1970s and helped establish Jerusalem’s Kehilat Moreshet Avraham synagogue as well as the larger Masorti movement. He later served as the head of the Masorti Beth Din (rabbinic court) here as well... Read More
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