2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (259+ words) A routine trip to the post office turned into a heated encounter for a San Francisco rabbi when another customer verbally attacked him....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1071+ words) (JTA) — VILNIUS, Lithuania — At a family reunion in California in 2013, Felicita Trueblood discovered a portal to the past: a binder full of letters from her great-grandfather, a rabbi in Ukraine, from before World War II. As exciting as the discovery…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (759+ words) (JTA) — On Sept. 10, 2001, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that New York’s Central Synagogue was reopening. The Reform synagogue had been closed for three years after a devastating 1998 fire. Hundreds of workers had helped restore the landmark building, at a cost…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (39+ words) "Never in my life have I identified as a Christian," she said, "but wherever there is antisemitism, I identify as a Jew."...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1209+ words) What makes a large synagogue tick? How does it consistently attract new members? At Temple Isaiah, the largest congregation in the East Bay, the answer points to affinity groups based on age and interest and to intentional relationship-building. The synagogue’s…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (405+ words) The groups say the magazine’s Habibi City package defines belonging to SWANA identity in political terms that leave out many Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (23+ words) After J. wrote about an Israeli girl’s need for help after surgery, and the religious ritual name change she had, some good news....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1398+ words) Participants in the newly-named Ivri movement create their innovative rituals out of ancient practices....