Netanyahu Cancels Cabinet Orthodox Meeting on New Outline for Reform, Kotel
The chief rabbis concluded that a new outline altogether was needed for the Kotel, one which would not recognize the reform at all.
Rabbi’s Chelsea Clinton Jewish Status Quip Stressing Tear with Reform
"The problem of assimilation among American Jews is not only an American problem, it's our problem, too."
Pro-Palestinian Activists Blockade ZIM Ship at Port of Oakland
Port of Oakland dock workers afraid to unload ZIM vessel in face of pro-Gaza protesters.
Anti-Semitism More Than Doubles in UK, Figures Show
Figures for anti-Semitic incidents in the UK have more than doubled over the past year. Are we surprised yet?
Which Is Worse for Jews: Halloween or Christmas?
It is impossible to paint lipstick on either of these pigs, but in the competition between Halloween and Christmas over which of the two holidays is more dangerous Halloween wins out, hands down.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin to ‘Stay On No Matter What’ Says Efrat Mayor
Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin plans appeal to Supreme Court over fight to stay in his position; city's mayor also vows support.
Report: Dozens of Haredi Seminary Girls Dating Arab Men
An estimated 50,000 Jewish women are living in Arab villages and towns in Israel.
Netanyahu to Meet with Orthodox Ministers over Reform Undue Influence on Government
MK Eichler has been on a crusade to smoke out "Reform sponsors" who buy out Israeli politicians, Netanyahu included.
ADL Warns Missionary Group is Using Holocaust – Again – to Lure Jews
The Jews for Jesus missionary group is using Holocaust imagery in a new video to lure Jews away from their faith.
Survey: Only 46% of Next Generation National Religious Israelis Keep the Faith
Meanwhile, the proportion of students attending ultra-Orthodox schools has increased by about 300% since 1992.
Report: Anti-Semitism Increased 40%, Genocidal Speech Doubled in 2016
AMCHA Initiative’s 2016 report indicates two main sources are responsible for anti-Semitism on campus.
Hollywood Star Zooey Deschanel Converted to ‘Judaism’
Her husband is Jewish and she converted before they were married in June, while she was pregnant.
Reform Movement Boycotting Israeli Tourism Minister
Levin, for his part, said it's annoying to be boycotted just when you're done explaining the boycotting is inappropriate.
Bennett Worried about Jews – the Ones in the Diaspora
The Minister of Education told Jewish legislators from around the world and visiting in Jerusalem that assimilation "keeps me up at night."
Study: Non-Orthodox US Jewish Communities Growing Barren
'The absence of children – particularly children being raised in the Jewish religion – represents yet one more missing incentive to Jewish communal engagement.'
Sarah Silverman Calling for Military Coup Against Trump
And so, the hysterically funny Sarah Silverman is now forever branded with her link to fascistic goon squads using violence to blow up events to which they object.
Left, Right, Agree: Intermarriage Marks Demise of US Jewish Community
Using the great, eye opening Pew study of 2013, Cohen points out that the signs of Jewish life in intermarried Jewish families are fast diminishing.
French Muslims Students Refused to Stand in Memory of Terror Victims
The wrong people stood in the solidarity rally.
Jewish Agency Governors: Why Can’t Israelis Be More Like Us?
Why do you think you became the board of governors of the Jewish Agency? To make the Jewish State in your image? No, people, your job is to either to lead by example and settle in Israel, or to help other Jews live in Israel. It is not to preach to Israel.
New Orleans Hebrews Swept in Ol’ Mardi Gras Shabbat Excitement
We have no idea how one can maintain the two warring notions of 'Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans' and 'avoiding immodesty' in the same sentence
Netanyahu Says His Son and Non-Jewish Girl only ‘Study Together’
The difference between Yair Netanyahu and Anthony Weiner and Hillary Clinton is that Israel is a Jewish state.
Venice Jews Mark 500th Anniversary of World’s First Ghetto
Venetian Jews say the 500th anniversary of the world's first ghetto may present a lesson for new Muslim refugees.
Spreading Unabashed Lies, 330 US Clergy Ban Ben Gvir, Smotrich
What follows are despicable lies, which go unchecked by JTA.
Trump on Eve of Memorial Day: Holocaust ‘Darkest Chapter of Human History’
'Six million Jews, two-thirds of the Jews in Europe, murdered by the Nazi genocide. They were murdered by an evil that words cannot describe, and that the human heart cannot bear.'
Supreme Court Wants Interior Ministry to Explain Why Reform Converts Aren’t Recognized by the...
Now it appears that the Supreme Court is prepared to bring down the last vestige of halakhic Judaism regarding conversion
Rivlin: Israel is State of All the Jewish People
"We must remember that beyond the disagreements, we are all one family."
Egypt’s Chief Cleric Scolds Israel Over Nude Dancers in Holy City of Jerusalem
Egypt's chief cleric reprimanded Israel for allowing its holy city to be sullied with a nude dance performance.
Watch: BBC 2 Offers Surprisingly Fair Debate of ‘Illegal Haredi Education’ [video]
Members of the British Humanist Association, on the other hand, were beside themselves with their biased attack.
Rabbis Allow XMas Trees in Kosher Israeli Hotels
Kashruth certification under Israel's Chief Rabbinate at local hotels is going to look -- and be -- vastly different from now on. Heads up, everyone.
Researcher: Close to 100,000 Mixed Marriages with One Jewish Spouse in Israel
The CBS data show that the phenomenon of Jewish women marrying Arab men is marginal.