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What was the Qumran sect's mysterious calender used for?
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (679+ words) A solution to one of the historical mysteries surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls, that of the Qumran sect’s unique calendar, has been proposed by researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU). For decades, scholars have wondered if Qumran’s 364-day year calender…...
New Yael Foundation data reveal Jewish education enrollment growing
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (259+ words) At a time when Jewish communities around the world face unprecedented challenges, new data from the Yael Foundation suggest an unexpected and encouraging trend: Jewish education is growing across much of the Diaspora. Analysis of the Foundation's global network of…...
Why always the Jews? The question the world must answer
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (1180+ words) A soccer match, a pandemic, an economic crisis, a war, an assassination, a wildfire, an election – somehow, sooner or later, someone finds a way to blame the Jews....
Chabad launches 'Born to Be a Yid' billboard campaign in NYC
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (19+ words) The campaign was directed by Chabad spokesman Rabbi Motti Seligson of the Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center and Chabad.org....
How Ethiopian Jews can help Israel counter the colonial narrative
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (562+ words) Where are Ethiopian Israelis in Israel’s international media strategy? Where are black Zionist voices on CNN, Fox News, the BBC, and major English-language Israeli platforms? Where are Ethiopian Jews in senior diplomatic conversations, government delegations, public diplomacy campaigns, and Knesset…...
Arabs, not Jews, are the real colonizers in the Middle East
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (737+ words) The accusation is as relentless as it is absurd: Israel, the Jewish state, stands accused of being a colonialist outpost in the heart of the Middle East. Critics on campuses, in international forums, and across much of the media paint…...
Iceland welcomes its first historic permanent Jewish community center
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (617+ words) "Our first priority was just to connect with people on a personal level, on an individual level, and find out what people felt was missing," Rabbi Feldman told The Jerusalem Post....
Alan Dershowitz compares Jewish Zohran Mamdani supporters to Jews who backed Hitler
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (115+ words) “My people, the idiot Jews, in New York, who live on the Upper West Side, who live in Park Slope, who voted for Mamdani, remind me of the 7,000 Jews who voted for Hitler," Dershowitz continued....
Clavicular in Israel: When influence overrides integrity among creators
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (502+ words) The conversation became about why Israeli creators were choosing to embrace someone whose online ecosystem has long been associated with antisemitism, misogyny, and extremism....
Why the Basic Law: Torah Study could harm Torah more than protect it
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (791+ words) In pursuit of immediate material goals – budgets, benefits, and discounts – haredi (ultra-Orthodox) political leaders are endangering what they claim to protect above all else: Torah. The proposed Basic Law: Torah Study would grant constitutional status to Torah study, but in…...