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MODI'IN, ISRAEL-Israel's Reform Jews have dedicated the first non-Orthodox synagogue to receive state funding after a long court battle that highlighted the rift among streams of Judaism in Israel.The Reform Yozma congregation fought for the better part of a decade for state funding equivalent to what Orthodox congregations receive.After arguing their case twice before Israel's Supreme Court, they got what they wanted: a synagogue on a plot of land in a new town between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.The Israeli government has long funded Orthodox synagogues, even paying rabbi's salaries.But the Orthodox establishment, which dominates Jewish life in Israel, hotly opposes recognition or assistance to Reform Judaism, which permits women and homosexuals to become rabbis.As in the days of Noah...
