Religion

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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.

By Rabbi Avital Hochstein and Rabbi Elie Kaunfer December 21, 2023 7:20 pm

Conservative movement suspends its Israel gap-year program, citing budget woes and ‘recruitment challenges’

This year’s Nativ program launched only after an urgent fundraising appeal last spring.

December 21, 2023 1:19 pm

Churches in Israel and the West Bank are canceling Christmas celebrations due to the war

A consortium of Christian leaders in Jerusalem asked Christians “to stand strong with those facing such afflictions by this year foregoing any unnecessarily festive activities.”

December 19, 2023 10:43 am

The exterior of a synagogue in Washington, DC

Suspect arrested in antisemitic attack outside Washington, DC synagogue

By Andrew Lapin December 18, 2023 11:22 am

Rabbi David Stav, pictured in 2014. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

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

Ideas

We need a do-over for the last 2 months. Hanukkah is made for the moment.

By Rabbi Eric Woodward December 7, 2023 3:44 pm

A Jewish dad says he’s afraid to light a menorah this Hanukkah. So he’s asking non-Jews to display them in solidarity.

By Jacob Gurvis December 6, 2023 12:01 pm

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