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The ranks of U.S. rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people
19+ hour, 26+ min ago (1241+ words) Rebecca Weintraub, assistant rabbi of New York City's B'nai Jeshurun congregation, holds her son during a Hannukah party at the synagogue on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Rabbi Laura Geller recalls how of the 30 people in her class at Hebrew Union College, she…...
Pasadena Jewish Temple marks one year since Eaton Fire
3+ week, 5+ day ago (11+ words) Pasadena Jewish Temple marks one year since Eaton Fire'NBC Los Angeles...
Worshippers hold memorial ceremony for Jewish temple destroyed in Eaton Fire
3+ week, 5+ day ago (321+ words) Worshippers from the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center held a memorial ceremony for the destroyed temple. Tracey Leong reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. More than 400 people came together on Tuesday for a somber commemoration nearly a year after…...
Preserving the past with treasures from a Jewish archive
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1725+ words) YIVO was established in 1925 in Vilna, then in Poland, now Lithuania, with the support of such luminaries as Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Today headquartered in New York City, it is an institution that represents the wholeness of the Jewish…...
When is the first night of Hanukkah 2025 and how is it celebrated?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (806+ words) The Jewish holiday lasts for eight nights, usually falling in December. Hanukkah " also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew " is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle…...
Decades later, Reseda seniors celebrate a Jewish rite of passage into adulthood
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (485+ words) On a toasty Friday afternoon in a Reseda courtyard, nine people gathered with broad smiles on their faces, decked out in their prayer shawls and yarmulkes, looking out at family members and close friends from all over the world. The…...
For many celebrating Passover, the holiday will occur amid anxieties, divisions
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (721+ words) The Jewish holiday, which begins at sunset on Saturday, April 12 this year, lasts for seven or eight days each year. Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites…...