Shofar shortage? War impacts Jerusalem seller as shipping delays, costs spike

Many of Jan-Elazar Refoua’s clients chose to buy shofarot from him because they know that…

‘Ana b’Koach’: A powerful prayer for a New Year

“Ana b’Koach” is a powerful prayer written in the first century, and since then it…

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

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 Is Zoë Kravitz Jewish? Here’s what we know about Channing Tatum’s fiancé

With the release of her directorial debut “Blink Twice” and her high-profile relationship with actor…

Is Jewish law more important than everything?

A 1907 collection of hassidic tales by Rabbi Yisrael Berger (1855-1919), Eser Orot, offered a…

Yael Foundation to donate $1.75 million to Jewish children attending summer camp

The Yael Foundation announced on Thursday it is set to donate $ 1.75 million for…

Mordechai Rosenstein, calligrapher whose art illuminates Jewish homes and synagogues, dies at 90

Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless…

Reconstructionist Judaism decides to support Palestinian statehood and Israel

(JTA) — About six weeks after its internal discord over Israel spilled into public view,…

Parashat Beha’alotcha: Freedom comes with responsibility

After completing the Book of Leviticus, which dealt mainly with the laws of the kohanim,…

New Jersey high school yearbook ‘error’ deemed not antisemitic after investigation

A New Jersey high school yearbook’s misprint of a photo of Muslim students in place…