10+ hour, 52+ min ago  (673+ 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 is important for…...

42+ min ago  (495+ words) What does it mean to serve someone or something other than yourself?" The construction of the desert mishkan (tabernacle), which we have been reading about for the past weeks, is the paradigm for what constitutes work in Jewish law and…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago  (491+ words) HALL COUNTY, Ga. " Another year, another seder"maybe one of the only such ceremonies held last Saturday evening in North Georgia. The official date for the Jewish ceremonial meal that kicks off Passover"the Jewish festival of freedom"was Wednesday,…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (425+ words) It is a small yellow vase. And it is the only object from Europe that I still possess. The vase was given to my grandmother, Dora, from Dortmund, Germany, on the occasion of her engagement to my grandfather, Saul Birnberg,…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (756+ words) When readers of the Atlanta Jewish Times opened their Passover edition last week, they saw something surprising. The leavened bread, which Jews do not eat on the holiday, was front and center in an ad placed by Nathalie Kanani, a…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (90+ words) Haaretz They Live as Muslims " but Secretly See Themselves as the True Jews Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Dr. Hadar Feldman Samet studies the Sabbateans, who live as Muslims but never abandoned…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1485+ words) There are lies that wound, and there are lies that kill. Few falsehoods in human history have proven as lethal, as enduring, and as morally catastrophic as the claim that the Jewish people killed Jesus. It is a charge that…...

7+ hour, 8+ min ago  (554+ words) Reconstructionist Judaism "comes closer than any other movement or school of thought to articulating the meaning of Judaism for American Jews," the Jewish sociologist Charles Liebman wrote almost 60 years ago. By emphasizing belonging over rote observance, personal fulfillment over inherited…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (1242+ words) Dr. Oren Cohen Roman delights his Edmonton audience " with Yiddish'frequencynews. ca Dr. Oren Cohen Roman delights his Edmonton audience " with Yiddish Dr. Oren Cohen Roman was in Edmonton last month delivering the Tova Yedlin Lecture. By Regan Lipes, Local Journalism…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (831+ words) I first wrote about Mimouna in 2016, for the Canadian Jewish News. I described the cultural symbiosis between Jews and Arabs in Morocco. I meant every word. I return to the subject every few years because the holiday keeps demanding more…...