Diaspora Affairs Minister Tzipi Hotovely says Jerusalem exploring ways to help, in talks with community leaders, but Diaspora Jews yet to formulate concrete needs … Read More ›
The police wanted to help and ‘barricaded the streets.’ The synagogue aimed for a respectful, socially distant funeral. It didn’t work out that way. And then came… Read More ›
NEW YORK (JTA-Rabbi Avi Shafran) — Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been… Read More ›
“We will win war” against coronavirus, Knesset speaker says Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz compared the fight against the coronavirus to Israel’s wars in his… Read More ›
Beth Shalom struggles to contain the spread and to answer questions if it could have acted sooner, or done more to save the lives of… Read More ›
Opinion: The humbling days between Holocaust Remembrance Day and Memorial Day for the fallen remind us of our shared fate together as a nation, but… Read More ›
The Times of Israel attends the social-distanced burial of Anna Grosz, a ‘larger than life’ 94-year-old Holocaust survivor who was felled by COVID-19 CLARKSBURG, Maryland… Read More ›
PARIS (JTA) – When she’s not busy with her four kids, Ellie Balouka can usually be found in her kitchen at home in Paris,… Read More ›
BERLIN (JTA) – When synagogues reopen in Germany in the coming weeks, there will be no handshakes, no hugs and no parading with the… Read More ›
‘He touched all our hearts with extraordinary modesty and humanity. His wisdom and his love of people were a symbol for the man himself and… Read More ›
New York Jews who inform secular authorities of services held despite virus restrictions face harassment, threats, as community shuns outside intervention on sensitive issues … Read More ›
Gili Yaari, a Holocaust survivor’s son, did two stints documenting life at Sha’ar Menashe, a mental hospital where those whose lives were changed forever can… Read More ›
BNEI BRAK — In this unusual clip taken this Shabbat by a Filipino working for a local resident, a motley group of people join… Read More ›
In time for the Jewish holiday, world-renowned Israeli author Etgar Keret has written a new iteration of the Plague of the Firstborn, which helped liberate… Read More ›
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Unfortunately, there will be a very large number of families that will be sitting shiva right after Yom Tov. … Read More ›
Opinion: Increasingly detailed reports of a plan for post-virus life are giving the false impression that the crisis is behind us; decision-makers must set a… Read More ›
Rabbi dies 5 days after admission to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek and testing positive for COVID-19; Deri mourns loss of ‘giant of a scholar, a guide… Read More ›
JERUSALEM (JTA) – A prayer service that typically packs the Western Wall plaza during Passover on Sunday took place with just over 10 men… Read More ›
There are four districts specified by the committee, which include mostly haredi (ultra-Orthodox) communities. The special ministerial committee on coronavirus has approved creating “restricted… Read More ›
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “Hey, I thought you are keeping the first Zman.” “I am.” “So, you can’t listen… Read More ›
