2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (418+ words) Members of Mississippi's largest synagogue have walked through the structure for the first time since a fire damaged it in the predawn hours of Jan. 10....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1230+ words) AP News Preserving rural Jewish life is the focus of a Maine center this Passover A veteran U. S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro's personal pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (679+ words) These days, growing congregations is very much on Isaacs" mind, as she"s leading a movement to strengthen rural synagogues and Jewish communities around the country. They"ve reached dozens, and they"re hoping for many more. "Rural Jewish life…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (815+ words) A Buddhist meditation hall at the remote Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California burned down just as practitioners were in the home stretch of a sequestered, three-month meditation program in which they had been contemplating the impermanence of existence....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1305+ words) AP News Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over the course of a week each year in springtime. It commemorates the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. The central ritual of Passover…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (393+ words) Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over the course of a week each spring. It commemorates the Exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. It is celebrated around family dinner tables and at…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (720+ words) Metal shutters are drawn on nearly all stores in the Old City, home to key holy sites, and only scattered footsteps echo on deserted stone alleyways. Vast plazas are missing the typical throngs of faithful and tourists. Jerusalem has largely…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1140+ words) For many U. S. Jews, following current events these days can be emotionally tumultuous. Simultaneously, there is widely shared anger at the upsurge of attacks targeting their communities, and deep divisions within those communities over whether to support or oppose various policies…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (644+ words) The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its security apparatus by hiring a seasoned police lieutenant as its security director and holding active…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (591+ words) Pizza and cookies continue to bake long after lunch hour as staff at Soul Caf" in West Bloomfield, Mich. , Thursday, March 12, 2026, filled their time in lockdown by making food for emergency responders as well as children and staff at Temple…...