January 29, 2021

Jewish groups condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Her response: ‘I will never back down.’

Her statement came the day that revelations of one of her 2018 social media posts thrust the term “Jewish space lasers” into public discourse.

By Ben Sales January 29, 2021 5:25 pm

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For rabbis, America’s complex COVID-19 vaccine rollout means eligibility can come down to guesswork

Confusing guidance and a patchwork of rules and providers mean that rabbis are left to figure out where they fit in, and the answers can vary depending on the day.

January 29, 2021 2:30 pm

‘There’s no one right way to kohenet’: The Hebrew priestess movement aims to center women’s voices

Jewish priestesses now serve in a variety of spiritual roles, from synagogue clergy, prison chaplains and hospice counselors to herbalists, midwives and storytellers.

January 29, 2021 1:23 pm

Israeli TV show’s COVID-19 parody: Chaim Kanievsky, top haredi rabbi, is really running the country

By Shira Hanau January 29, 2021 11:21 am

A woman walks past the ruins of the Great Lubavitch Synagogue in Vitebsk, Belarus. (Courtesy of the Municipality of Vitebsk)

In Belarus, Marc Chagall’s synagogue is for sale to anyone willing to restore it

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 29, 2021 11:12 am

Bomb explodes outside of Israeli Embassy in India, no one hurt

By Gabe Friedman January 29, 2021 10:49 am

Haredi Jews in London hold illegal weddings regularly, Jewish newspaper reveals

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 29, 2021 10:26 am

Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. (Wikimedia Commons)

Russian university fires lecturer who denied Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 29, 2021 10:24 am

Republican Jewish Coalition: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Rothschild laser beam comments are ‘indefensible’

By Ron Kampeas January 29, 2021 10:20 am

Pakistan’s high court orders release of man accused in Daniel Pearl killing

By Tom Tugend January 29, 2021 10:19 am

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