I’ve been to Madrid twice, both times to perform ritual circumcisions, and both trips overlapped with some of the saddest ...
Holocaust survivor Nat Shaffir and Nova survivor Noa Beer spoke at a Boca Raton dinner to warn that 'silence' remains the ...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly on Nov. 1, 2005, commemorating the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp in Poland on Jan.
The South Florida benefit dinner for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum came on the same day that Israel recovered the last body of the hostages taken into Gaza after the Hamas attack on ...
Armed guards, bollards and secretive precautions became part of life amid antisemitic attacks and blurred lines between anger at Israel and hatred of Jews. Rebecca Di Veroli with her daughter, Chloe, ...
Hanukkah is upon us, and Texas' Jewish community is preparing to celebrate the season. Whether you’re new to the tradition or want to explain it to children, here’s a beginner’s guide to Hanukkah.
Not long ago, I was talking with another rabbi, and we got onto an interesting question: Which Jewish holidays are the most commonly observed, even by Jews who are less observant? We both quickly ...
The assault took place as people gathered at the Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the head of Orthodox ...
Forgiveness was something I first encountered in the dark silence of a Catholic confessional as a child. I still remember the heavy wooden booth, the tiny grate that slid open with a reverberating ...
Zohran Mamdani is stepping up his Jewish outreach, as he holds private meetings with rabbis and other leaders across New York City who oppose his stance on Israel. By Lisa Lerer and Katie Glueck ...
While Jews in Manchester, England, were murdered on the holiest day of the calendar, Yom Kippur, a scion of one of the most notable Syrian Jewish families was leading a special prayer group in ...
When this Yom Kippur started, I knew I had to keep my phone on. Something deep inside me told me not to log off, not to allow myself the quiet of synagogue. Instead, I felt I had to stay vigilant — ...