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Ringing in the Jewish new year with a twist on a Rosh Hashanah classic
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (523+ words) Pati Jinich is a renowned chef and cookbook author. She was born in Mexico to a Jewish family, and her marzipan-stuffed challah bread blends her cultures in an exciting and delicious way. Last night marked the start of Rosh Hashanah,…...
How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah
2+ day, 5+ min ago (703+ words) A man blows a shofar, or ram's horn, during a Rosh Hashanah ritual in Israel. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption (RNS and NPR) It can be the small, curved horn of a ram or the dramatic spiral of an African…...
As Israel divides Jewish communities, Yiddish draws a new generation
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (851+ words) Barnard student Sally Kaye shows her copy of "Sons and Daughters" by Chaim Grade in Yiddish, at the Jewish Food Co-Op in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York City. Nirvani Williams/NPR hide caption "I've definitely talked to…...
Orthodox Jewish women in Israel may now take a rabbinic exam, like men
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1024+ words) Rabbanit Batya Kraus leads a women's study session at Matan – The Sadie Rennert Women's Institute for Torah Studies in Ra'anana. Matan is an Israeli institute dedicated to advanced Torah learning and Jewish studies for women, offering educational programs and leadership…...
Israel allows women to take rabbinic test for 1st time, but not become Orthodox rabbis
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (633+ words) After years of court battles, Israel will allow women to take the exams men take to become rabbis. It is a step toward expanding women's leadership roles in Orthodox Judaism. To be officially ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in Israel,…...
For the first time in 35 years, NPR's Hanukkah Lights will be without Susan Stamberg
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (813+ words) This is the first Hanukkah that Murray Horwitz will not be joined by the late Susan Stamberg on NPR's holiday special Hanukkah Lights. We talk with him about their 35 years of making the show. Hanukkah begins in a couple of…...
Pittsburgh synagogue attack survivors talk about their friendship and healing journey
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (311+ words) For StoryCorps, two survivors of the 2018 Synagogue attack in Pittsburgh talk about their friendship. TIM MATSON: I remember the nurses telling me that you were down the hall. And then sometime later, I heard a walker clicking, coming into my…...
In a small Lebanese town, grief and fear follow the Michigan synagogue attack
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (534+ words) Mashghara, where Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was born and raised, is located in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, seen here in 2019. Ghazali is the suspect in an attack a synagogue in Michigan last Thursday. JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images hide caption MASHGHARA,…...
Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1452+ words) Syrian-American cantor Henry Hamra at the Central Synagogue of Aleppo, once the center of a thriving Jewish community in the northern Syrian city. The Syrian government transferred control of Jewish sites in December to Hamra's Jewish heritage organization. Jane Arraf…...
For Jews in Minnesota, the festival of Tu Bishvat takes on a new meaning this year
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (64+ words) Rabbis in Minneapolis reflect on the agricultural holiday of Tu Bishvat and what it means for the city after the killings by ICE agents. For Jews in Minnesota, the festival of Tu Bishvat takes on a new meaning this year…...