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Liberal Jews are for tolerance until they also have to be tolerant.
Pollard hit American where it hurts the most.
According to his definition, anyone who wants to pray on the Temple Mount is a "right-wing extremist.”
And we can already hear Obama and Kerry telling him not to upset Allah and thank God on the Temple Mount.
Netanyahu’s spokesman affirms the “status quo” gives Jews the right to visit the Temple Mount.
The Beit Din was shocked when an audio tape exposed how a well-known Kabbalist convinced at least one married woman to have an affair with him.
Ramallah is encouraged by Obama’s implicit policy that Jews in eastern Jerusalem are “illegitimate.”
By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency
After much political backroom dealing, a highly controversial conversion bill was enacted by Cabinet decision, instead of becoming law through Knesset vote.
By JTA
Reform and Conservative day school enrollment is down sharply.
Should Jerusalem schools boycott Tel Aviv because of the danger from underworld killings?
They had to use a magnifying glass to read the letters.
By JTA
“God is trying to wake us up,” said the grandfather.
The Rabbinical Council of America said that since the arrest last week of Rabbi Barry Freundel of Washington, DC, it has been working assiduously to address the many challenges that its members and their communities now face.
By JTA
A “wandering Sukkah” catches up with wandering Jews.
Are the police finally preventing Arabs from taking over the Temple Mount?
By JTA
The “perfect” etrog actually has one big non-Halachic blemish – it is not grown in Israel.
By Tibbi Singer
Jeffrtey Goldberg noted that “Rabbi Steinlauf has just discovered the most dramatic possible way to break the Yom Kippur fast.”
European rabbi slams assault on Jewish ritual practice as “key tool for anti-Semites."
By JTA
For the record, Jewish law allows you only to hear on shofar at a time on Rosh HaShanah.
This Monday, starting at 4:30 p.m. ET, a rally is taking place on the steps of Lincoln Center. The rally is intended to give a voice and add faces to the ongoing furor over the Metropolitan Opera staging a wildly anti-Semitic opera, "The Death of Klinghoffer." The opera was first staged in 1991, and is […]
By Rachel Levy
A prison inmate on death row in Connecticut is demanding kosher food, though he's not really Jewish.
Since March, there have been repeated acts of anti-Semitic vandalism against Philly's Jewish sites and institutions.
Just to make the score even, police also arrested a Jew
If Paltrow does not want the great rabbis in her ancestry to roll over in their graves, she would be wise to try a real Jewish conversion.
An Uzbek couple has reportedly confessed under interrogation to the murders of a Turkish Jewish couple in Istanbul.
Is Woodstock still leading the world to destruction?
People who made up stories about great miracles in the war lack the faith to see the everyday hidden miracles.
By Kosher Today
Vegetable are healthy and kosher, Bugs are not.
The son of late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi Avraham Yosef, is under investigation.
The news that the Chief Rabbinate withdrew kosher supervisors from Turkish plants in the face of Israel’s war in Gaza is part of what some kashrus organizations call “working in a more dangerous world.” They recall the murder of two kosher supervisors in Mumbai in December 2008, and extremists have recently threatened more terror in […]
"Fields of Exile" provides a glimpse into the horrors of academic anti-Israelism, experienced by one firmly rooted in the left.
Israel's Chief Rabbis give ruling exempting IDF soldiers from fasting on Tisha B'Av.
Calling for a global recitation of the Shema at 12:00 noon EST, 7:00 a.m. PST, 7:00 p.m. in Israel.
Jewish communities from around the world have stepped up to support children from southern Israel who have lived their entire lives under the threat of missile attacks from Hamas freedom fighters in Gaza. (To quote the late comedian George Carlin: If firefighters fight fire, and crime fighters fight crime… what do freedom fighters fight? But […]
“This is the most important gift for my son.”
The Ruderman Family Foundation rewards Jewish organizations for promoting inclusion of those with disabilities.
Gush Etzion residents are uniting to show their resilience in the face of terror with the 'One Flag' initiative.
No one yet knows who is responsible for abu Khaider's death, yet the JCPA immediately drew a target on the map of Israel.
Arab delegates insist Jewish participants are "Israeli", close down summit until Judenrein
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
New rabbinic group in Gush Etzion lays blame for boys' death at feet of Muslim leaders, calls for new path
Court says rabbinical court overstepped jurisdiction, says circumcision matters must be decided by family court
A high school student takes on the NYT's silence on the Holocaust.
Norwegian Parliament rejects anti-circumcision proposal, enshrines right to bring boys into covenant of Avraham Avinu.
New York NCSY, the OU, Bnei Akiva and RCA are launching a "virtual vigil" to bring the kidnapped teens home.
Israel's chief rabbis led prayers Saturday night at the Western Wall for the safe return of boys kidnapped by terrorists.
Former IDF Chief Rabbi Mordechai Piron has passed away at the age of 93, the second to serve in the position.
A group of some 30 rabbis has called for sovereignty over the Temple Mount ahead of Jerusalem Day.
By JTA
An Israeli government religious court granted a ritual divorce to a woman whose husband is in a coma and cannot consent.
The Vatican has confirmed it has no plans to attempt a sovereignty grab at King David’s tomb, for now.
Ashkelon launched a new separate gender beach this week, but only on land.
The Palestinian Authority is hoping to use the upcoming visit by Pope Francis as a political pipebomb.
J Street claims that its rejection from the Conference of Presidents is proof its voice is needed.
Islamic law is not based on the Quran so much as it based on the Arab world’s struggle to destroy Israel as a Jewish country.
By JTA
A 15th century printed book of the Torah fetched a record $3.87 million at an auction in Paris. Three buyers attempted to outbid each other over the telephone during the sale which the Christie’s auction house organized on April 30, the news website actualitte.com reported Thursday. Christie’s listed the buyer as “anonymous” but said the […]
The IDF retains the right to limit the number of Torah students and to tell them when they can pray and learn.
The U.S. concept of separation of church and state means separating Jews from Judaism in Israel.
American Jews are increasingly buying more hand-made matzah as well as American-made manufactured matzah. All at the expense of Israeli exports, according to Kosher Today. Israeli exports used to hold approximately 40 percent of the American market but has declined by 11 percent. Sales of hand-made “shmurah matzah” have soared by nearly 15 percent. One […]
By JTA
The Council of Europe has climbed down from along and weak limb by issuing a letter that in effect neutralizes a resolution by its parliament that equated mutilation of female genitals and non-medical circumcision of boys for religious purposes. The Council called them “by no means comparable.” The Council of Europe’s leadership sent a letter […]
It might be best to say the Traveler’s Prayer on the airplane before putting on tefillin.
Oh, man, it’s the end of an era.
‘Yesterday I was a Muslim. Today I am a Jewish man.”
No one really believes it will happen this year, and it may not even be “kosher,” but there’s nothing like faith.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the matza bakery in Kfar Chabad on Tuesday, two weeks before the beginning of Passover. "At home, I have eaten this matza for years.” he said. “Today, for the first time, I am also preparing it myself. I am very excited. I wish the entire Jewish People a Happy Passover." […]
By JTA
A prayer book developed for use by Jews in the U.S. military will be released this week, the first of its type published since World War II. Reform, Orthodox and Conservative rabbis cooperated in creating the prayer book, which was commissioned by the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. The chaplains’ council, a program of the Jewish […]
By JTA
Another New York City man has pleaded guilty to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish husbands to give their wives religious divorces. Simcha Bulmash, 30, of Brooklyn pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., to participating in the extortion ring, […]
Either Obama or Kerry must tell the Saudis, bluntly, that they cannot have it both ways, Hier said.
Norway’s health minister said Wednesday the countryman no intention of banning religious circumcisions but should restrict the religious practice to be carried out only in hospitals. "If the children are circumcised in hospitals by competent personnel, we will prevent complications," Health Minister Bent Høie told the Aftenposten newspaper. "This is the most realistic way to […]
“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose” – Janis Joplin.
“Allowing freedom of religion incites violence” is the essence of Jordan’s message.
There is nothing like a bunch of yeshiva high schoolers to get everyone in the mood for Purim.
Digging for the past sometimes is possible by simple looking at what already has been found.
“More than the Jews have kept the Shabbos (Sabbath), the Shabbos has kept the Jews.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A Jewish scribe has restored an 18th century copy of the Book of Esther that was donated to Catholic Nuns.
By JTA
A New York personal trainer has pleaded guilty in federal court to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish men to give their wives religious divorces. David Hellman, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J. and could be sentenced to up […]
By JTA
The Rabbinical Council of America denied a prominent rabbi’s accusation that it is actively negating past conversions. The Orthodox rabbinic organization issued a statement Friday responding to a JTA opinion article criticizing the group written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld. His article, published Thursday, accused the RCA and its Beth Din of America of “retroactively negating […]
By JTA
Increased knowledge of women of Jewish laws and the Torah has created thorny issues for the Orthodox community.
By JTA
The Women of the Wall still have an uphill fight ahead of themselves.
By Kosher Today
The announcement by the 75-year old Crown Market in West Hartford, Connecticut, that it would be closing sent shock waves through the Jewish community. Mark Bakeoff, who bought the market five years ago, said tough economic conditions and increasing competition have made things difficult, but the biggest blow came with “one of the worst winters […]
By JTA
A 15th century mikveh was discovered at the location of the last synagogue in the old Jewish quarter of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. The discovery of the Jewish ritual bath is significant since there are very few preserved mikvehs left in Europe, and it further highlights the importance of Girona’s rich Jewish heritage. Girona is […]
If there is such a thing as religious coercion, there also is secular coercion.
The statement from Ramaz said, “Our question was: ‘Is this the appropriate program?’”
One is remembered for his mitzvahs and good deeds, and Rabbi “Heritage House’ Schuster will be remembered forever.
A senior Hungarian rabbi said Tuesday he has found 103 Torah scrolls that were stolen from Hungarian Jews in World War II and hidden in a Russian library in Novgorod, east of Moscow. Russia has not decided what to do with the holy scrolls, which Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation Chief Rabbi Shlomo Koves wants to […]
When a Muslim won’t look at a woman, it is called respect. When a Jew won’t shake her hand, it is called sexism.
By JTA
The president of Denmark’s Jewish community has disputed a government minister’s claims that new regulations would outlaw all kosher slaughter in the country. “We find this an odd statement,” Finn Schwarz, the community’s president, told JTA on Thursday about statements made earlier in the week by Agriculture Minister Dan Jorgensen to the Ritzau news agency. […]
Israelis not only live where the world says they are forbidden but also teach Torah as a Light unto the Nations.
By JTA
Israeli lawmaker David Rotem offered a full apology for reportedly saying the Reform movement “is not Jewish.”
Who would have imagined that things Jewish on the Lower East Side of New York would get so tough that local Jewish residents must launch a petition to establish a kosher restaurant. "Kosher Restaurant in Seward Park" is an online petition of residents of the Seward Park co-op on the Lower East Side, urging their […]
An Israel Knesset Member got a whack on his tongue for angering the Diaspora.
By JTA
A Dallas-area rabbi who uses his home as a synagogue is being sued by a neighbor who says it has lowered his property values. Rabbi Yaakov Rich told the local Fox affiliate Fox4 in a video posted Wednesday that his 3,700-square-foot home is a synagogue with about 25 members. A website identifies his synagogue as […]
Jews are better off with ignorant anti-Semites rather than with those who have a normal IQ.
Reform leaders too often make themselves look silly by bending the Bible for their own convenience.
By JTA
Agudath Israel of America has asked the Pentagon to restore kosher field meals and charged that the Defense Logistics Agency had solicited a bid in April for kosher and halal “meals ready to eat,” but had recast the solicitation last month to include only halal, which adhere to Muslim religious precepts. “As things stand now, […]
A rabbi and his daughter at the Chabad Lubavitch day care center in Salt Lake City, Utah saved two Torah scrolls from possible destruction Monday after he smelled smoke in the building. Twenty children, including five infants, were evacuated, according to the local Tribune newspaper. A faulty furnace was cited as the source of the […]
Bennett is bringing Israel into the 21st century with a new system that will encourage more people to eat kosher.
“If we prohibit it [circumcision], we must also address the issue of the Christian ritual of baptism.”
By Tibbi Singer
Yair and Leikanger met at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
By JTA
A second Modern Orthodox high school in New York has announced it will permit girls to wear tefillin during prayer. The Ramaz School in Manhattan said it will allow girls to wear tefillin during coed worship, going one step further than SAR High School, which drew a flurry of media coverage earlier this week for […]
Yiddish messages rooted in Jewish liturgy and Biblical texts encouraging Jews to make Aliyah.
October 9, 2026 
