Over 850 volunteers to conduct Yom Kippur services in secular communities
The male volunteers lead the services, and at least ten are sent to every community to ensure there is a minyan. Throngs of Israeli… Read More ›
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Israeli rabbinical group to host thousands of unaffiliated Jews for Yom Kippur services
More than 55,000 people expected at 300 locations across country for traditional prayer sessions run by volunteers The Tzohar rabbinical organization will host more… Read More ›
Irvine, CA – California Kaparos Ban Could Set Dangerous Religious Precedent Warn RCA And OU
Irvine, CA – A California court ban on the practice of kaparos has two major Orthodox Jewish organizations expressing concern that the move could… Read More ›
Israeli medical services brace for busy Yom Kippur
Magen David Adom prepares to deal with people suffering ill effects of fasting, along with hundreds of bicycle crashes Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue… Read More ›
Kol Nidre live streams offer forgiveness with a click
A growing list of non-Orthodox synagogues are bringing the sights and sounds of Yom Kippur services to tens of thousands online JTA — Plenty… Read More ›
Met exhibition on medieval Jerusalem has lots of harmony, not so much Judaism
‘Landmark’ new show featuring 200 stunning artifacts from across the globe is heavy on Christian and Muslim themes, lighter on Jewish ones, and painstakingly avoids… Read More ›
Victory of Orthodox Judaism is everyone’s defeat
Op-ed: A moment before Yom Kippur, it seems we have never been further away from Judaism as a basis of collective identity—a myth, tradition and… Read More ›
Seeking forgiveness, on behalf of Israel’s rabbis
Op-ed: Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau writes about Yom Kippur and the need to preserve Israel’s Jewish nature—for the generations to come. It is… Read More ›
The Knesset speaker speaks his mind
Yuli Edelstein hopes MKs will do some introspection on the High Holy Days and start setting a better example for their voters. Along with… Read More ›
UNESCO to vote on resolutions ignoring Jewish ties to Temple Mount
A bi-partisan group of 39 US Congressmen wrote a letter this week to the Executive Board members asking them to vote against the latest resolution.… Read More ›
Thousands flock to Jerusalem for pre-Yom Kippur ceremony
Worshipers pray at Western Wall for selichot; Old City will be blocked off from late Monday until after sundown Wednesday Thousands of worshipers flocked… Read More ›
The sickness of narrative thinking
Op-ed: In recent years, the truth has fallen casualty to storytelling; the Palestinian narrative of the Nakba must not over ride the truth that the… Read More ›
Report: Majority of West German Justice Ministry officials were ex-Nazis following WWII
The report added that the number of senior ministry officials who were former Nazis was greater in 1957 than during the 1933-45 period when the… Read More ›
Israeli minister due in Turkey as rapprochement warms up
Energy Minister Steinitz to attend World Energy Congress in Istanbul; unclear if he will meet with his Turkish counterpart ISTANBUL — A senior Israeli… Read More ›
Rhinebeck, NY – Jacob Neusner, Who Shaped American Jewish Studies, Dies
Rhinebeck, NY – Jacob Neusner, who transformed the study of American Judaism, becoming one of the most influential 20th-century scholars of the religion, has… Read More ›
New York – Port Authority Rejects Ad Encouraging Women Not To Switch Seats To Accommodate Orthodox Male Flyers
New York – It was a colorful billboard intended to advise women flying from Newark International Airport during the busy holiday season that no one… Read More ›
Shaked’s ‘Jewish revolution’ raises MK uproar
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)recently laid down her vision for a libertarian, hands-off government and judicial system over the weekend, arousing respect but also… Read More ›
Nazi graffiti found on NY Jewish cemetery days before Yom Kippur
The local Temple Beth Shalom’s 70 year old congregation was heartbroken and upset over the vandalism of their property. A Jewish cemetery in the… Read More ›
The banker who used Nazis to help save Jews
Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim used bureaucratic and legal channels to make a difference in WWII. A year prior to the start of the Second World War,… Read More ›
Bennett: Pardon Hebron shooter immediately if found guilty
Leader of nationalist Jewish Home party says Elor Azaria ‘shouldn’t sit a single day in prison’ for killing disarmed Palestinian assailant Jewish Home party… Read More ›
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