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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The algorithm was able to confirm the theories of Rashi—the foremost biblical commentator—and other prominent Torah scholars.
Netanyahu posted the photograph along with a very strong message.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sgt. Major Malchiel ben Yosef was the only one to see the terrorist, because he had turned towards Jerusalem to pray.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jewish shul is Gaza is older than Islam.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"We’re seeing an immense amount of people wanting to connect, wanting to double down and leaning into their Jewish identity and practice," said Rabbi Motti Seligson, a spokesman for Chabad.
By COLlive.com
“There’s something bittersweet about a Seder for someone on the road to recovery. After all, Passover celebrates liberation from captivity, something an individual in recovery longs to experience."
By COLlive.com
The Released Time program allow for public school students with parental permission to take time during regular school hours to receive religious instruction.
By COLlive.com
A large crowd of people participated in the joyous celebration, even though it was snowing and freezing cold.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Among the subjects tested were Sabbath laws, marriage and divorce, family purity and mourning.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“There’s a real fraying of society and social connectedness,” says project leader Arielle Levites. “Shabbat dinner, in particular, is often used by Jewish communities as a tool for fostering connection and community.”
Nadav intends to continue setting aside time for Torah every single day, despite the demanding upcoming military service.
Rabbanit Bina founded Matan just over 30 years ago after she began teaching a group of women around her dining room table.
What are the first mentions of oil and honey in the Bible?
"It's exciting, there's nothing else to say, it's very exciting."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks “believed in the power of the written word. Presenting a literary award in his honor is an important recognition of his commitment to the flourishing of the Jewish bookshelf.”
“While Rabbi Riskin defended halachic practice without compromise, he succeeded in revealing religion’s beauty to countless Jews."
Yad La’Isha legal aid center demands increased sanctions in jail, convict relents.
"Knowing that so many others were doing it with me created a sense of excitement and encouraged me to continue until the finish line.”
“Rashi’s Commentary may have shaped Judaism and the Jewish people more than any other work except the Bible and the Talmud.”
Religious women sometimes felt uncomfortable approaching rabbis, opting to either ask the question through a male messenger or not ask the question at all.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The center will be dedicated to the dissemination of his leadership lessons and values in classrooms, communities and through public discussion.
In its ninth year, The Shabbat Project surpassed all pre-COVID levels of involvement, with 1,166 citywide “unity events” and thousands of home-based events in more than 1,500 cities.
“In a world of unrelenting distraction and pressure, Shabbat is a unique opportunity for families to truly connect in a magical way."
If the person requesting help is female, it would be more halachically correct that she be treated by another female than by a male.
The Religious Services Minister will appoint a woman rabbinical court advocate.
On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Our hope is that this repository of ideas can serve as a launching pad for others,” said Rabbi Adir Posy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
AG Grewal filed lawsuit against Jackson, NJ, saying its zoning laws prevent Jews from practicing their religion.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Edmund Di Liscia said that doing so would be “extremely humiliating and deeply jarring to my psyche and soul.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The synagogue is the halachic and historic hub of Jewish life, and this program is designed to highlight that,” said OU executive vice president Rabbi Moshe Hauer.
By Israel Hayom
“I feel a very personal connection to this place and to Joseph who is buried here, and everything he went through,” says Jonathan Pollard, while dedicating the scroll at the biblical burial site.
It is possible today to study any topic that piques your interest, in a non-formal setting, including "Jewish telehealth."
“In truth, I didn’t think that this story was going to end well."
On Tuesday of the week of Parshat Beshalach some people read the section on the Manna as a Segula...
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
With the pandemic's end in sight the Orthodox Union convened small synagogues to discuss returning to full operations.
In a world reeling from a pandemic and a divisive U.S. election, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project offers unity, optimism, and a much-needed break from the 24-hour news cycle.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It was found in a manuscript written just after the Expulsion, which was likely used by Catalonian exiles living in Provence.
With synagogues offering more minyanim than ever before in order to accommodate social distancing thereby creating a shortage of qualified Baalei Tefillot, the OU has created a “Baal Tefillah Boot Camp” to help train more than 100 to lead these minyanim.
In the Sephardic tradition, recital of Selichot in preparation for the High Holidays begins on the second day of the Hebrew month of Elul.
“In a problematic situation, when it is possible to be so critical, it is important to find the good, to connect with it, to love it, to increase it and then let it grow and look at reality,” Fraenkel said.
The device could be a game-changer in the next step towards reopening shuls on Shabbat.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We will need to consider which activities to run, who can attend and what the maximum number will be,” said Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. “Events such as Kiddushim may not be possible for some time.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House coronavirus task force, advised incremental steps in re-establishing in-person prayer.
While some rabbis have banned the porch minyan on various grounds, week upon week of staying home has started to wear people down, and the phenomenon has increased.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”
The Israeli government tasked Colel Chabad with providing Passover food security for 30,000 households affected by the Coronavirus economic crisis.
A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.
Tonight at candle lighting time, Jews in Israel and around the world will go out to their gardens, porches, and windows to sing Lecha Dodi and Shalom Aleichem together.
Rabbi Riskin also ruled that someone who has been tested for Coronavirus must leave their phone on during Shabbat in case they get the results back.
The decision came after consultation with Israel's Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Maimonides rules that a Jew is obligated to offer the Passover sacrifice even when the Temple has not yet been built.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The first recipients of the grant will help strengthen seven small European communities in Helsinki, Finland; Riga, Latvia; Oslo, Norway; and Warsaw, Szczecin and Wroclaw, Poland.
"People are not sleeping, and they are having flashbacks to previous incidents of being attacked for “just being Jewish.”
From November 15-16, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project outdid its predecessors on all fronts, attracting record numbers of participants.
By Eliana Rudee
A newly established research center at the Jerusalem College of Technology seeks to answer pivotal religious questions, such as: Can you send Alexa voice commands on Shabbat?
“On Sukkot, we pray that peace will be brought upon us. This is a great example of the kind of steps we are taking all year round."
The Rabbinical Center of Europe (RCE) hosted 120 boys and girls from across Europe, in Israel, to help them get in touch with their Jewish roots and heritage.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jewish women seeking ritual pool services have thus far had to travel quite a distance, to China or Japan, to use a mikvah for family purity.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Consumers may have thought these were isolated business decisions or cost-cutting measures, but that’s not the case.
By JNi.Media
Puah managed to sneak his shofar into the Temple Mount compound and kept blowing it until he was arrested.
The Ministry said the consulate will deal with matters such as lost or stolen travel documents, and any other emergency assistance.
The party list features names from a variety of sides inside Israeli society.
By JNi.Media
The crude marriage rate was 6.2 for every 1,000 Israelis, which is among the highest in the OECD countries.
By JNi.Media
In case the Temple is rebuilt, consider this [Tisha B’Av] document null and void.
The French tenants association demanded the elderly couple remove their Mezuzah from the door.
By JNi.Media
Captain Rabbi Avrumi Levin: In case the Temple is rebuilt, consider this [Tisha B'Av] document null and void.
By JNi.Media
Attorney Ella Skat of the ITIM Institute asked, “Why not compel mohalim to carry malpractice insurance?”
By JNi.Media
MK Michal Rozin (Meretz) commented: “This bill essentially grants the rabbinical court international jurisdiction. This is a new invention – an international court for Jews."
By JNi.Media
The cook lit a fire on Shabbat and cooked a packet of chickpeas for a vegetarian soldier. An officer who noticed this reported the incident to the battalion commander and the cook was court martialed.
By JNi.Media
Reportedly, as many as four Jewish couples got married on the Temple Mount over the past 18 months, despite the Israel Police and the Jordanian Waqf rules.
By JNi.Media
Intact Denmark – Association Against Circumcision of Children, began its petition drive on January 1, calling for a ban on circumcising males under the age of consent, 18.
By JNi.Media
Institutions and businesses involved in state security, public health, electricity supply and the hospitality industry will be exempted.
By JNi.Media
Venice Chief Rabbi Rabbi Bahbout disregarded the status quo and declared that he would convert people from all over Italy in his court, including those who had been rejected in the courts in Milan and Rome.
By JNi.Media
The petition against the IDF was filed last year by Stanislav Yurovsky, an IDF officer, through the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
By JNi.Media
When same-sex couples approach the Interior Ministry with a request for one spouse to take on his/her spouse's name Cohen or Levy, "they encounter difficulties and even refusal."
By JNi.Media
The new tender is expected to omit the requirement for an ordination, and will require instead a bachelor's degree and a kashrut supervisor's certificate.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Chief Rabbi Lau responded on Tuesday that the best way to battle anti-Semitism is to immigrate to Israel, but that all Jews in Germany and throughout the Diaspora must continue to wear the kippah and other Jewish symbols.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The extraordinary gesture comes at the behest of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Channel 20 reports.
By JNi.Media
The Satmar Rebbe made headlines back then when he gave his flock one month to get rid of their smartphones or find a new rebbe.
Margalit Zinati never married because it would have meant leaving Peki'in, and abandoning the town’s ancient synagogue, which features a limestone column engraved with two Hebrew inscriptions dating to the Roman period.
Rami Levy Tikshoret will be the first cellphone company to take that step.
By JNi.Media
"This is a story of rediscovering the joys of community again in older age, and in the longing for ritual, however unorthodox it may appear."
By JNi.Media
The Cairo Genizah International Project of the Haifa, Oxford, Princeton and Pennsylvania universities presents one of the ancient haggadahs discovered so far, opening a window to Medieval Passover customs.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman authorized IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim to sell all the IDF's Chametz to a non-Jew.
Prior to Aliya in 1986 Sharansky was best known for his time in Soviet prisons after his arrest in 1977.
By JNi.Media
"We very much value independent and critical thinking, but we also need some common sense and humility."
"The professor proposed he apply for a position at the Turkish defense ministry, but his CV was rejected because he is a Jew."
Work is currently being carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which has been contracted to establish the foundation for the new plaza.
Blessed are you Hashem our God, King of the Universe, Who restores the widow's boundary line.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The OU has established parameters for a three-year period during which the umbrella body for American Orthodox congregations will work to bring its member synagogues who employ female clergy into compliance with OU standards, which stipulate that a woman cannot serve as a rabbi.
In addition to planting new trees, it is traditional to eat dried fruits and nuts that symbolise the Holy Land, including figs and dates.
By JNi.Media
The court also ruled that plaintiff's first wife continues to be free to approach the court and sue for divorce, including all the compensations of severance to which she is entitled.
By JNi.Media
The rains of the last few weeks have improved the seasonal rainfall, and the rabbinate has changed its directive and ordered the chazan to no longer say the special prayer for rainfall.
By JNi.Media
It's going to be a packed Wednesday night for moon-loving earthlings of every persuasion, including the atheists among us – our silvery satellite will have something for everyone, for the first time since 1866.
SuperMeat meat is produced by growing cells that have been extracted from a ‘real’ chicken and cultivated in the lab.
By JNi.Media
"Public transportation can be operated on Shabbat with non-Jewish drivers."
By JNi.Media
Since 2013 there has been a trend of a rise in complaints against Israeli medical doctors who perform circumcisions.
By JNi.Media
"These works, carried out in public, severely harm both the Jewish character of the state and the feelings of millions of religious and traditional residents in the State of Israel."
“This will allow us to positively contribute to helping these couples build healthy new relationships and families in accordance with Halacha and the laws of the State of Israel."
July 17, 2026 
