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Leaders share messages against antisemitism, hatred and intolerance. Thousands of people around the world are taking part today in March of the Living’s global… Read More ›
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Aiding Philadelphia voters, rabbis find the unexpected: Peace and optimism
The rabbis had trained to de-escalate tension that could lead to violence and to advocate for people who were being denied access to the ballot… Read More ›
Several reported dead in ‘repulsive terror attack’ at multiple sites in Vienna
Austrian police say attacks at 6 different locations, including near synagogue; Jewish leader says no casualties among community members; gunman apparently shouts ‘Allahu akbar’ … Read More ›
Israeli Hasidic Rabbi Denounces ‘Those Jews Who Snitch’ On Jews Who Flout Pandemic Guidelines
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The leader of a major Hasidic sect in Israel denounced those who inform on other Jews for violating school closure orders… Read More ›
For ultra-Orthodox, education as important as oxygen
Opinion: While Haredi sector’s decision to reopen schools in violation of the law deserves condemnation, some parents believed that not sending their children back to… Read More ›
When Christian is Jewish: Living a Jewish life with a non-Jewish name
What’s in a name? Bearers of stereotypically ‘non-Jewish’ monikers say they must challenge people’s assumptions on a daily basis and can face questioning when entering… Read More ›
75% of US Jews voting for Biden in US presidential election
AJC poll shows just 22 percent of US Jews intend to vote to re-elect President Donald Trump Fully three quarters of US Jews intend… Read More ›
Israel has put all its eggs in Trump’s basket
Opinion: After Jerusalem’s long insistence on supporting the Republican party and its followers at all costs, a Biden victory will force it to go cap… Read More ›
Erekat’s Hadassah care must be top priority for Israel – comment
Treating chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in a Jerusalem hospital should serve as a reminder of what it means to be a Jewish state. … Read More ›
Opinion: Judge Amy Barrett Helped Me Protect Public Menorahs. I Know She’ll Help Defend Religious Liberty For All
WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Trump seeks to replace Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a devout Catholic from Indiana. Some might worry… Read More ›
New York said to halt planned Orthodox Jewish wedding with up to 10,000 guests
Amid COVID-19 restrictions and unrest in Orthodox neighborhoods, Governor Cuomo says: ‘You can get married. You just can’t get a thousand people at your wedding’… Read More ›
‘Renegade’ Haredi communities need to be brought to heel, rabbi says
Rabbi Uri Regev, who leads Israel-based NPO promoting religious freedom and equality across denominational lines, calls for stricter law enforcement after head of Belz Hasidic… Read More ›
Probe ordered after violent clash as police break up wedding over lockdown rules
Outcry as police filmed leading bloody, dazed brother of the bride out of Givat Ze’ev event amid screams and cries of family and guests; police… Read More ›
Overlooked by Nazis, an untouched Jewish village in Poland remeets ‘real’ world
A must-read novel for fall, ‘The Lost Shtetl’ by first-time fiction writer Max Gross offers fable inspired by the great Yiddish writers that comforts and… Read More ›
Opinion: Covid-19 Hit My Orthodox Israeli Town Early And Hard. Coming Together Helped Us Stop The Spread.
KIRYAT YEARIM, ISRAEL (JTA/CAROL UNGAR) — Lately, the media has been flooded with stories of Orthodox Jews who are derelict in following pandemic protocols.… Read More ›
Israel can be Jewish and democratic
Opinion: We must not let the distorted interpretation of the Jewish faith and nationalism by anti-liberal elements disconnect us from the values of liberal Zionism,… Read More ›
German leaders voice shame as tribute defaced a year after anti-Semitic attack
‘Everyone must stand up when the human dignity of others is violated,’ German president says in Halle, during commemoration to mark a year since deadly… Read More ›
Bnei Brak rabbis call to celebrate Simchat Torah at synagogues depsite virus rules
City’s top spiritual leaders say outdoor prayers are preferable but allow parishioners to gather in synagogue courts as well as within the buildings themselves; PM… Read More ›
Officials fear violence on US Election Day. Some worry it could target Jews
Security experts say white supremacists prepared to take up arms in support of Trump’s re-election, and could threaten Jewish institutions, including synagogues JTA —… Read More ›
House Calls Bring Jewish Tradition Of Sukkot To The Isolated
NEW YORK (AP) — Sukkot, the weeklong Jewish fall holiday commemorating God’s miraculous protection of the Jewish people in the desert, looks different this… Read More ›
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