"Reform Jew" describes a member of Judaism's largest and most liberal denomination.

In Israel, however, a lawsuit wants it officially recognized as a defamatory insult.

In the libel suit brought by an Orthodox Jewish woman against a rabbi she said defamed her, the adjective "Reform" is listed among the slights.

The dispute pits Adina Bar-Shalom -- a daughter of the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Ovadia Yosef -- against Rabbi David Benizri, a prominent supporter of the Shas Orthodox movement.