Ideas In these last months of 2023, I have noticed the Jewish ancestors in me more than ever When a Jew dies, their survivors breathe in their experiences, writes a California rabbi. By Rabbi Irwin Keller December 29, 2023 10:28 am
Teen Fellowship How students and teachers feel about AI in the Jewish classroom Where some see a tool for learning, others worry about shortcuts that might undermine the teaching of Torah. December 27, 2023 10:01 am
Ideas This day of communal Kaddish, enacted after the Holocaust, is just right for this moment The Tenth of Tevet is not just a fast day mourning the destruction of the temple but a day to mourn those for whom the date of death is unknown. December 21, 2023 7:20 pm
Conservative movement suspends its Israel gap-year program, citing budget woes and ‘recruitment challenges’ By Jackie Hajdenberg December 21, 2023 1:19 pm
Churches in Israel and the West Bank are canceling Christmas celebrations due to the war By Eliyahu Freedman December 19, 2023 10:43 am
Suspect arrested in antisemitic attack outside Washington, DC synagogue By Andrew Lapin December 18, 2023 11:22 am
A leading Religious Zionist rabbi says Israelis have reconnected with Judaism after Oct. 7. He hopes it will stick. By Ben Sales December 18, 2023 10:00 am
Menorahs across the US are vandalized as Jewish communities celebrate Hanukkah amid a spike in antisemitism By Jacob Gurvis December 14, 2023 5:57 pm
From Kibbutz Be’eri to the White House, menorahs retrieved from Oct. 7 wreckage light up for Hanukkah By Jackie Hajdenberg December 14, 2023 6:36 am
‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war By Jacob Gurvis December 7, 2023 4:53 pm