9+ hour, 13+ min ago  (463+ words) JERUSALEM (RNS) " Hundreds of religious leaders and peace activists walked together through the streets of Jerusalem on Monday (May 18) for an interfaith peace march " a 4-year-old event that took on added urgency this year against the backdrop of ongoing war…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (576+ words) (RNS) " A group of synagogues, nonprofits and small lay-led prayer communities previously on the margins of the Jewish establishment have formed a new association as an effort to better advocate for their emerging vision of Judaism in the 21st century. The…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (602+ words) Dan Sohail, 36, plowed an entrance to the packed Brooklyn synagogue with his car five consecutive times in January after clearing away stanchions and urging people to move out of the way, federal prosecutors said. He caused about $19, 000 in damage, which…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (158+ words) This is the first book of its kind written from within the tradition. Publishing on October 6, 2026, Uluc Ozuyener's Born in Secrecy'Maaminim: The Practical Kabbalah of Shabbatai Sevi (Paperback original, ISBN 978-1966608516, 350 pages, $35. 00) tells a remarkable story never-before heard firsthand. This the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (936+ words) (RNS) " Tish Harrison Warren had everything going for her. A job as a priest at a church she loved. A family she adored. Good friends. And a dream gig writing about faith for The New York Times. And yet, she,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (504+ words) Visitors came from France, China, Ivory Coast and Italy, including France's ambassador to Tunisia, a symbolic gesture after two French citizens were among those killed in the 2023 attack. A national guardsman shot and killed five people at the El-Ghriba synagogue…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (23+ words) religion hub TC Three women sit for Israeli Rabbinate's exam, amid growing recognition for Orthodox Jewish women's religious leadership'Religion News Service...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (605+ words) (The Conversation) " When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But "rabbi" means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit executive for…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (900+ words) NEW YORK (RNS) " On a recent Monday evening as commuters hurried past, a group of faith leaders set out a microphone and battery-run candles at the Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park in Manhattan for their weekly prayer vigil and…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (853+ words) (RNS) " What does a Jewish text message usually say? "Start worrying " details to follow." That is the way it has been lately. So, Jews " and in this particular case, Reform Jews " are overdue for some good news, which recently came…...