Non-Orthodox Jews start making inroads in Israel

By Aron Heller

Published June 18, 2012 7:43am ET

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Non-Orthodox Jews start making inroads in Israel — In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 photo an Israeli children pray with their families in a reformist Jewish synagogue, in Mevasseret Zion near Jerusalem. Israel's attorney general recently announced that a group of 15 non-Orthodox rabbis who answer a certain criteria will begin to receive government funding like some 2,000 of their Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox brethren.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) | Sebastian Scheiner

MEVASSERET ZION, Israel (AP) — With the holy city of Jerusalem visible in the background, a man and woman standing side-by-side lead prayers for about 50 congregants who have come to welcome the Sabbath in this suburb’s Reform synagogue.

Their prayer book includes poetry, the women wear prayer shawls, the sermons call for social justice and the songs are performed in a folksy manner to the tune of a live guitar.

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