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(RNS) - Summers have long been a time of camp meetings and religious revivals, a week of preaching, singing and rescuing souls in the open air. This tradition has faded over the years, but a form of it still exists on a western North…

By Imen Boudali | Raseef22 | – This article by Imen Boudali was first published by Raseef22 and is republished through a content-sharing partnership with Global Voices. ( Globalvoices.org ) – In May of each year, Tunisia hosts a unique…

JERUSALEM, Israel — A unique stone from an uncovered synagogue where Jesus may have prayed has returned to his home in Galilee, and the Magdala Stone is expected to be a particular draw for visitors. Considered by experts to be one of…

By Steve Kramer Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — The following is my summary of an excellent lecture by Haviv Rettig Gur, a well-known journalist for The Times of Israel. Gur's conference brings something new to the Arab-Israeli…

Rachael Pass became pregnant during her second year of rabbinical school and chose to have an abortion. She described her experience as "deeply Jewish" and filled…

“Are you visiting Bratislava? a man asks us. He wears a white button-up shirt and approaches my friend Deanna and I in the garden courtyard behind the Heydukova Street Synagogue, the Orthodox synagogue in the Slovak capital. “Yes,…

I've always been drawn to the great outdoors: rock climbing in the Catskills, hiking in the Negev, and more recently summering in the Blue Ridge with my family. Nature is my happy place. Many people expressed that they felt connected…

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JERUSALEM (RNS) — Shmuli stares in dread from the windows of his mobile phone shop. He pulls on his long beard and side curls. "Please don't take my picture," he begs. "Don't speak loudly."His tone becomes menacing. "Go away. Go away.…

(Stock) Parashat Balak: Numbers 22:2-25:9; Micah 5:6-6:8. Over the past few weeks, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, expanded gun rights and stripped the EPA of its ability to regulate greenhouse gas…

Discover the beauty of Latin American Jewish fusion. One could argue that reinvention and adaptation are the nouns that best characterize the Jewish experience. In the diaspora, these traits are essential to survive and thrive. Food has…

A ruling by the Lod District Court has upended the religious status quo in Israel and could herald a marriage revolution in the Jewish state. In a decision released on Friday, Judge Efrat Fink ruled that the Home Office's Population…

(JTA) — A Jewish summer camp in Southern California is reassuring families after a prominent anti-LGBT+ Twitter account, Libs of TikTok, drew attention to a years-old “diversity and inclusion” statement. a year on its!-->…

Anna Kronick, 'Dancing Rabbis', cut-out silkscreen paper Few people know today that the walls of many Jewish houses used to be coated with complexes cut papers. Overflowing with detailed ornamentation and religious symbolism, these…

Placeholder while loading article actionsDeborah Lipstadt, the State Department's new special envoy to combat anti-Semitism, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for her first official visit abroad as the Biden administration's top expert on…

If he isn't already, Rabbi Ari Sitnik will soon be the most viewed rabbi in internet history, all because of…

Learning. Immersive journey. Community building. Fun. (Remember the fun?) As the world gradually reopens after a pandemic-induced hiatus, CJP is launching an immersive journey to connect people to each other, Israel and Boston's…

Scan through any list of movies with hidden meanings, and you'll likely find that the term is almost exclusively applied to dramas. While some of the best hidden meanings usually come from movies in the more dramatic genres, there…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Deborah Lipstadt's first overseas tour as the State Department's anti-Semitism monitor will begin in Saudi Arabia, a sign of the kingdom's efforts to change its image in the West and among Jews.!-->…

The Jewish Community Center of St. Louis and its partners will be hosting a Pride Shabbat Picnic to celebrate Pride Month on Friday, June 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, their allies and their families of all kinds…

(RNS) - Songs sung at this Friday night Sabbath service included the traditional "Lecha Dodi," as well as "Wade in the Water." The musical accompaniments were a guitar and an African drum. This pioneering service marking Juneteenth — the…

The pilgrimage is an allegory of human life on earth. It is the externalization of an inner journey towards truth, or an adventure of spiritual discovery. Pilgrims from distant countries converge on a center, attracted by a spiritual…

NAME: Sheryl (Shira) Joseph AGE: 65HOMETOWN: Morristown, New JerseyIN THE NEWS: Joseph is retiring after 19 years as a rabbi at Congregation Sha'aray Shalom in Hingham. She has been a rabbi for 27 years. NOW YOU KNOW: Rabbi Joseph was…

Venice's Jewish ghetto, considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, is seeing a new effort underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for worshipers who have remained as well as tourists who visit.For nearly two…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is scheduled to appear before a friendly conference of conservative Jewish leaders in New York on Sunday, despite efforts by gay rights advocates to have…

Feeling the sand between her toes was Teva Goldstein's favorite part of her December 2021 bat mitzvah on the island of Maui. She and her family all wore white, accessorized with purple necklaces. The beach in Hawaii was nearly 4,000…

Nigeria – and a few other nations – are on high alert. The US State Department published its 2021 annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) report last week, outlining conditions in nearly 200 countries. Delivering remarks from the…

WASHINGTON, DC – For US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, respect for religious freedom is "a vital foreign policy priority" in addition to being "one of the most deeply held values ​​and a fundamental right." “We know that when the!-->!-->…

Loot bags? Check. Bottled water next to every chair? Check. A five-star hotel setting? Check. In many ways, the conference journalist Carla Power attended in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta was like any other – except its aim…

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff called attention to the "epidemic" of anti-Semitism and reflected on the history he made while speaking at a virtual American Jewish military history event on Tuesday.“This role has allowed me to use this…

Along the steep slope leading to the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, on the stone stairs, there is a crossroads. To the right there is an alley that leads to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and to the left there is a road…

I am a reformed cantor, educated at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the seminary that trains liberal Jewish clergy. I practice and teach normative Judaism. There is nothing extraordinary in what I think or what I…

Jett's letter has nothing to do with democracyRace is important to Ambassador Dennis Jett — it always has been, it always will be (Letter to the Editor, May 13). And Israel is important to AIPAC (and me) — always has been, always…

"The Jewish soldiers were very concerned that if they were captured and had their nameplates marked them as Jews, they would receive different treatment than the Germans in particular," said Ben Brands, a historian at the commission. "A…

Photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/PoolPrime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, March 21, 2022. The Rabbinical Peace Congress, founded in 1993 "to alert the public to the clear position of the…

Three years ago, the possibility of a global pandemic took up about as much space for most people as the possibility of global conflict: technically possible, but not really a "thing" in this millennium. But it turns out that history…

June 12, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.Mandel Center for the Humanities Atrium, Brandeis University June 13, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Hassenfeld Conference Center, Brandeis…

By Rabbi Joshua Knobel This Isn't Your Parents' Hebrew School: Wise CYE and Leo Baeck Reimagine Jewish Education On Sunday, May 1, 2022, Stephen Wise Temple families Center for Youth Engagement (CYE) celebrated a school year unlike any in…

(JTA) – A struggling Orthodox feminist group has commissioned an external review of its “workplace and board culture,” weeks after several former employees have shared harassment allegations against a prominent sex!-->…

Jewish golfer and UC Berkeley graduate Max Homa won his fourth PGA Tour event on Sunday, which lifted him to No. 29 in the world — his first time in the top 30 in his nine-year professional career. The 31-year-old Burbank native won…

Do you like cookies? I love a nice soft cookie filled with nuts and chocolate. Oh, and it has to be gluten-free. My husband prefers shortbread, crispy and buttered and filled with gluten. Our girls have their own preferences. I…

There are humans who claim that certain real estate parcels are special. They call them “Blessed” in English, “Qadosh” in Hebrew or “Muqadas” in Arabic; they all mean meaning sacred, holy, spiritual, inviolable. The sanctity of the…

AuthorDonald Harrison. Photo by Sandi Masori Finding at least one Jewish story every time you exit the Mexican border into Old Town San Diego, veteran journalist Donald H. Harrison's book Schlepping and Schmoozing along Interstate…

In the 1972 Supreme Court case Wisconsin v. Yoder, Amish Americans challenged Wisconsin's Compulsory Education Law, which required children to attend public or private school until age sixteen. They argued the law threatened their…

On May 5, 2022, the modern Jewish state of Israel will celebrate its 74th anniversary.From this momentous historical event, at least two religious ideologies emerge reflecting the notion of 'Geulah-Redemption.' This theological concept is…

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(Photo: Getty/iStock) Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster examines Jewish approaches to conversion and how…

From prayer notes in the Western Wall to texts in synagogues, the Jewish tradition of safeguarding sacred scripture can provide a window into life through the ages.At Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, pieces of…

Shimshon Izakson in a Jewish center in Chisinau. (Jewish Community of Moldova) A familiar accent goes a long way for refugees who have struggled to communicate with Israeli, American and other non-Russian-speaking…

Second Gentleman Douglas EmhoffOfficial White House Photo by Cameron Smith Doug EmhofDoug Emhof opens with his historic role as America's second gentleman and as the first Jewish wife of a president or vice president.Talk to Politics in a…

By DEEPA BHARATH "Good morning! Happy morning!" Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he entered the Chabad synagogue in Odessa one recent morning. Russian missiles had just hit an oil refinery in the Ukrainian city, turning…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of the world's largest moderate Islam advocacy groups says the time for sterile talk and dialogue is over - instead, the world needs concrete action.The Secretary General of the Muslim World…

Leaders of the Jewish Federation of Madison (JFM) returned home April 5 after a whirlwind visit to the Ukraine-Poland border and four refugee centers in and around Warsaw. JFM Executive Director Alan Klugman and President Joe Shumow spent…

CHICAGO — Chicago's Tzedek Synagogue has voted to adopt anti-Zionism as a "core value," becoming the first known American congregation to officially take such a stance. Members of Tzedek, a non-denominational congregation founded in…

French politician Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally in the 2022 presidential election, has joined i24NEWS on Sunday evening to discuss a series of important issues for the Jewish community. Faced with the rise of Islamism in…

How the Jews of Jamaica celebrate Passover as one big family, plus a delicious charoset recipe. Jews and Jamaica. You might not think there are many similarities to these words or communities besides the fact that they both start with…

CHISINAU, Moldova — Olena Khorenjenko rolled her eyes at the thought of the Nazis controlling her homeland, the baseless Russian claim President Vladimir Putin to defend its deadly military assault on Ukraine. A Kyiv-born Orthodox Jew,…

Enrollment in non-Orthodox rabbinical seminaries has been on a downward trajectory for years, but the data shows a particularly alarming trend for schools affiliated with major Jewish movements. While the total number of students studying…

Yehuda Kurtzer By Yehuda Kurtzer After decades of fearing that we would forget the horrors of our recent past, I am beginning to fear the opposite possibility: that we Jews remember our history too well but feel powerless to learn from…

Shimon HaTzadik (the Righteous) was a high priest during the Second Temple period. He said, “The world stands on three things: on Torah, on prayer, and on acts of kindness. Later commentators would add that these three principles were…

The Sunday funeral of a revered rabbi in Israel drew half a million mourners dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox clothing, turning the streets of a religious suburb of Tel Aviv into a sea of ​​black. The roads…

Photo credit: CourtesyRabbi Warren Goldstein Like many other South African Jews, Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein's great-grandparents emigrated from Lithuania. Born in 1971, Rabbi Goldstein grew up in Pretoria and…

MPs have backed an amendment to the government's Animal Welfare Bill which mandates a committee to review policy decisions to uphold religious traditions such as shechita. In a move that was hailed by Shechita UK, the Commons voted on…

Arrangements for services are being made by the family and will be at the Temple at 1589 Peachtree St. at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, a family spokesperson said.Born August 26, 1927, Samuel Alan Massell Jr. spent the first month of his life…

"I said, 'Yes, I want it,'" Vaspi said in English.She swooped down the slopes like a Vermont native ski bird, showing enough promise to convince Erez Foundation volunteers like Pezaro to invest in her potential. They loved that Vaspi…

Photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton / Flash 90Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau In anticipation of a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees hoping to gain citizenship, Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau announced…

Alisa Peskin-Berger Alisa Peskin-Shepherd divides major divorce issues into three categories - emotional, financial and legal. ALisa Peskin-Shepherd faced divorce issues within her own family, and they sparked a…

Argentinian journalist Javier Sinay's family memoir, "The Moisés Ville Murders: The Rise and Fall of South America's Jerusalem," is as fascinating as it is eccentric - a journey that begins in the impoverished Jewish communities of late…

Various nonpartisan and distinguished sources like PEW research acknowledge more than 4000 established religions in the world — most of whom approve of abortions, especially when the pregnancy would endanger the life of the mother.A recent…

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Park East Synagogue, the Manhattan congregation that made headlines when it fired an assistant rabbi in what was reported as a succession fight, is seeking a successor for its nonagenarian!-->…

Evangelists of the autonomous future of cars often say that their arrival is inevitable, that people would be much happier minding other business than wasting time driving a car.Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promoting the promise of Tesla's…

by ERIC STEEL Minian (Cert. 15) derives its title from the Jewish practice of requiring a quorum of ten adults present for religious occasions. The almost tableau-like film opens with a funeral prayer for David's (Samuel H. Levine)…

FEDERATION 411 By ohtadmin | to February 23, 2022 JENNIFER DUBROW WEISSCEO of the Jewish Federation February marks Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, otherwise!-->…

Putin accuses West of threatening Russia, may recognize separatist rebels Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Western powers are using Moscow's feud with Ukraine to threaten Russia's own security and said he is…

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After the attack on a Jewish synagogue in Texas last month I read an essay by Deborah Lipstadt, a professor at Emory University in Georgia. She is Jewish and started the play with what is apparently a common Jewish prayer of blessing:…

The main dictionary of standard German has changed its definition of Jew, or "Jude" in German, after a recent update sparked an outcry in the country's Jewish communityThrough KRISTEN GRIESHABER Associated PressFebruary 16, 2022, 1:23…

(RNS) - Rabbi Avi Olitzky was 26 when he started working at the Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis straight after seminary. Over the past 14 years, he has helped build the synagogue with its distinctive curved roof into one of the largest…

Saskia Aukema knew little about her great-aunt Annie, who was murdered during the Holocaust. All she knew was that Annie refused to go into hiding like her siblings and continued to work as a hospital nurse, even after the Nazi occupation…

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Five Orthodox Jewish New Yorkers have joined a lawsuit challenging the city's vaccine requirements for indoor spaces. Two of the plaintiffs are rabbis from yeshivas. The lawsuit, filed!-->…

It is a tradition for the ASU community to come together to celebrate the annual Interfaith Harmony Week during the first week of February. First introduced by the The United…

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Whoopi Goldberg's recent misstep on "The View" in which she said the Holocaust "wasn't about race" got her into hot water online.Goldberg has come under fire for comments she appears to have taken to heart, apologizing and bringing the CEO…

TOMS RIVER — The township has moved closer to resolving a longstanding religious land use lawsuit, agreeing to mediate a dispute involving a former egg farm on Highway 9.Mediation between township officials and representatives of developer…

At January 15a 44-year-old Briton held four people hostage in a Texas synagogue, including the rabbi. Later in the weekan FBI director called the attack an act of anti-Semitism.…

In 1966, I was a student at the Boston University School of Social Work when I received a phone call from a college friend. She explained to me in a low voice that she needed an abortion and thought I could help her. At that time, I…

One night this week, my family and I were walking down the street when a person walking the other way turned around, snickered, and said, “Hey, you naughty Jews. At no time did we feel physically threatened, but this moment was…

July 22, Jessie Sander was fired from her job as a Hebrew teacher in the education program at Westchester Reform Temple, a top congregation in Scarsdale, New York. According to a legal complaint obtained by Jewish streamsthe…

The brother of the British terrorist who attacked a Texas synagogue on January 15 and took four people hostage said his brother had been radicalized by "religious lunatics" and called on Muslim community leaders and authorities to…

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