Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt’s new book tackles assumptions about Jewish identities of intermarried families and their children When Noah Leavitt and Helen Kim… Read More ›
A briefing on Capitol Hill, which was sponsored by the group, was quickly canceled after its hostility toward the Jewish state was revealed by US… Read More ›
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 ›
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 – A California court ban on the practice of kaparos has two major Orthodox Jewish organizations expressing concern that the move could… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
‘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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 transformed the study of American Judaism, becoming one of the most influential 20th-century scholars of the religion, has… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
