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As Israel divides Jewish communities, Yiddish draws a new generation
2+ week, 1+ 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
1+ mon, 4+ 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
2+ mon, 1+ 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,…...
Antisemitism is a campaign issue in UK regional vote
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (65+ words) After a spate of attacks on Jews in Britain, politicians there are accusing each other of antisemitism ahead of local elections. Antisemitism is a campaign issue in UK regional vote Politicians cast blame over antisemitic incidents in the U.K. After a…...
The oldest U.S. Jewish seminary, Hebrew Union College, shuts down a rabbinical program
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (173+ words) Hebrew Union College, the oldest Jewish seminary in the United States, was established in 1875 in Cincinnati by the founder of Reform Judaism in North America. The college has other campuses, but its rabbinical program in Cincinnati will shut down and…...
Despite Vatican-Israel tensions, Catholics and Jews work to build trust in Haifa
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (1140+ words) Rabbi Na'ama Dafni and Rev. Yousef Yacoub in Haifa, Israel. Jerome Socolovsky/NPR hide caption HAIFA, Israel — St. Louis the King Cathedral is festooned with string lights for the annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. The multitude pressed between the alabaster-like walls…...
For the first time in 35 years, NPR's Hanukkah Lights will be without Susan Stamberg
7+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Your sarcasm is showing — and its history is surprisingly violent
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (700+ words) If someone has ever told you to "take your time" when you're actually taking your time, or called you "Sherlock" after pointing out the obvious, you're familiar with what can be an uncomfortable form of rhetoric. In this installment of…...
Pittsburgh synagogue attack survivors talk about their friendship and healing journey
4+ mon, 6+ day 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
4+ mon, 1+ 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,…...