Number of Jews in Europe Falls to 1,000-Year Low
The number of Jews in Europe, including Britain, Turkey and Russia, has fallen to a 1,000-year low, according to a new study conducted by the Institute for Jewish Policy...
Beit Avi Chai Creates High Holiday Programming Accessible During Pandemic
This year’s upcoming holidays will be like none Jews today have ever experienced. Synagogues will not be packed with worshipers. Holiday meals will be scaled down. Many families will...
Kapparot Performed By Airplane for Jews in Melbourne
BY PHILISSA CRAMER
(JTA) — Why did the chickens board the plane? A Melbourne, Australia, pilot took to the skies with three chickens Sunday to carry out a pre-Yom Kippur ritual...
Hundreds Attend Selichos at 770 Without Masks, Social Distancing
(JTA) — Men packed into a late-night prayer service at Chabad’s main synagogue in Brooklyn Saturday night, in violation of New York’s health rules and against the advice of...
JFNA Raising $54 Million for Coronavirus Relief Fund
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America is working to raise $54 million to ensure continued human services for Jewish communities and those affected by the coronavirus...
Ukraine, Israel, Urge Uman Pilgrims to Stay Home for Rosh Hashanah
BY MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ukraine’s interior minister said his country will implement a ban on the convergence of foreign pilgrims at Uman for the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage as a coronavirus...
Rabbi Ya’aqob Menashe Touched Sephardi Jewry Worldwide
By Friends of Midrash Ben Ish Hai
Barukh Dayan HaEmet, what a loss for Klal Yisrael! The Hakham, Rabbi Ya’aqob Menashe (Ya’aqob Eliyahu ‘Abdallah Faraj Hayyim ben Rahel), a’h, founder...
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s Grave in Kazakhstan Added to Heritage List
JNS.org – The US Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad recognized Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and former present Nursultan Nazarbayev for “facilitating the commemoration” of the passing,...
Low Turnout of Jews on Virtual Prayer Services Compared to Other Americans
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — During the pandemic, Jews have attended virtual services, read scripture or prayed less often than other Americans, but they have given charity and volunteered at higher...
Meet Dr. Yeshaya Shafit, Russia’s Full-Time Mohel
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — The religious Jewish world has created some unusual jobs, from shofar makers to etrog pickers to mashgichim – kosher certifiers whose job is literally to watch others cook.
But one of the more...
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County Executive Bruce Blakeman Launches Re-Election Campaign in Massapequa
By Moshe Hill
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, among the highest-ranking Jewish Republicans in America and the first Jewish Executive in the county’s history, kicked...
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I suffer from bipolar disorder. Baruch Hashem, I am stabilized and take all treatments for my condition with utmost seriousness and no corner cutting....
Restoring Moral Clarity Once Again
The great construction project began. A newly freed nation, emerging from generations of slavery, was now entrusted with the most epic and ambitious building...