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1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (254+ words) THE family of murdered Xichavo Ntsanwisi (31) is frustrated. This after the murder trial of the woman accused of killing him was postponed, yet again. An emotional Tinyiko Ntsanwisi, Xichavo's aunt, spoke outside the Alexandra Magistrates Court on Friday, 10 July, after…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (478+ words) Part Three: The real people of the New Covenant: lives behind the names Yosef the Tekton: beyond the traditional carpenter In the limestone-abundant, timber-scarce topography of Lower Galilee, Yosef would have operated primarily as a stonemason and structural builder. This…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (794+ words) I made aliyah with my wife and two children in 1985. I didn't go to Israel because I was looking for a job or in search of a mid-life change. I was the rabbi of a flourishing congregation in the outskirts…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago  (192+ words) Twelfth of July celebrations have begun in Northern Ireland with the lighting of bonfires. A number of the traditional Eleventh Night bonfires were lit late on Friday with further pyres to be ignited on Saturday and Sunday evenings. A large…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (483+ words) Zionism," she said, a nice idea." She laughed in that recognizable way she had. A stranger would mistakenly accept her laugh as genuine. But not a stranger, I was not sadly surprised by her next sentence, It failed." If I…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1746+ words) Honen Dalim synagogue in Maputo, Mozambique. Courtesy of Larry and Diane Herman By Olivia Haynie July 11, 2026 Inside the Honen Dalim synagogue in Maputo, Mozambique, a security team of men in suits wearing colorful kippot swept the inside of the small…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (853+ words) In these weeks leading up to the Tisha B'Av fast day, our focus naturally turns to the destruction of the Temple. We refrain from live music, weddings, and wearing new clothes in order to maintain a communal level of mourning....

4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (302+ words) There is a meme that has been hitting my Facebook feed quite a bit recently. It shows an altar with a priest, and says, "Sunday Mass should be your reason for missing everything else." For those who may not know,…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (268+ words) It turns out that going out in a blaze of glory isn't quite as absolute as we think. While it is widely assumed that the cremation process reduces the entire human body into a neat pile of dust, a rather…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago  (59+ words) Poll reveals growing safety fears among Jews Hiru News Poll reveals growing safety fears among Jews US Democrat Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers Spain v France: World Cup "final before the final" Boat carrying tourists capsizes off Vietnam's Phu…...