In a first, Volodymyr Zelensky met with Chabad rabbis ahead of Rosh Hashanah The Hasidic outreach movement also recently added its first new emissary couple to Ukraine since the onset of the war. By Jackie Hajdenberg September 15, 2023 1:51 pm
New synagogue in Dresden plans to operate outside of Germany’s Jewish mainstream The Jewish Community Dresden, run by a “neo-Hasidic” leader who received his ordination in New York, is not affiliated with the Central Council of Jews in Germany. September 15, 2023 11:35 am
Ideas Why is the Ukraine war more Jewish than the Iranian uprising? A year after Mahsa Amini’s death, that should change. An inappropriately Ashkenazi-centric outlook has impeded the Jewish response to a pressing global issue, writes a longtime multicultural educator. September 15, 2023 10:30 am
Police in Argentina raid and close Nazi publisher following investigation spurred by Jewish group By Juan Melamed September 14, 2023 5:03 pm
Tens of thousands of Jews flock to Uman for Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage despite another year of wartime warnings By Gabe Friedman September 13, 2023 5:04 pm
How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah By Nomi Kaltmann September 13, 2023 4:38 pm
Ideas Unetaneh Tokef, the High Holidays’ roll call of ruin, is heartbreakingly real for the Ukrainian Jews I’ve gotten to know By Alex Weisler September 12, 2023 5:00 pm
A Talmudic tale gets a 12th-century Chinese twist in children’s book aimed at diverse Jewish readers By Jordyn Haime September 12, 2023 11:43 am
Member of Goyim Defense League extradited to Netherlands after allegedly projecting antisemitic message onto Anne Frank House By Andrew Lapin September 11, 2023 3:56 pm
Moroccan Jews and Israelis reportedly all safe in devastating quake that killed at least 2,100 By Philissa Cramer and Eliyahu Freedman September 10, 2023 6:29 pm