Religion

Some Jews are taking down their mezuzahs due to antisemitism. Some non-Jews are putting them up.

“To me it felt like the precursor to ‘We’ll hide you when you’re in our attic,'” one Los Angeles Jew said about his neighbors’ offer to mount their own mezuzahs.

By Andrew Lapin November 3, 2023 2:29 pm

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These Bronx 8th-graders traveled 4 hours to pay a shiva call to the family of 2 Israelis murdered by Hamas

Students at Riverdale’s SAR Academy show support for Maurice Shnaider, a Kingston, NY resident whose nieces and nephews are also being held hostage in Gaza.

October 27, 2023 5:11 pm

How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead? These rabbis did it.

Rabbis who officiated weddings in the days and weeks after Oct. 7 share the advice and comfort they offered.

October 25, 2023 4:32 pm

A university building

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

By Andrew Lapin October 24, 2023 10:18 pm

Rabbis Ari Hart and Hody Nemes with the imam of the mosque where 6-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume's funeral was held. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)

Chicago rabbis attend funeral of Palestinian-American child killed in alleged Islamophobic hate crime

By Jackie Hajdenberg October 17, 2023 10:07 pm

Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime

By Jackie Hajdenberg October 17, 2023 10:00 am

Pope Francis, seen at a Holy Mass in Vatican City in June 2019. (Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

By Jackie Hajdenberg October 12, 2023 2:31 pm

Taking up ancient ritual for times of distress, Jews are fasting in response to attack on Israel

By Jackie Hajdenberg October 11, 2023 6:22 pm

Ideas

How do we forge ahead after calamity? The Jewish way of mourning offers a roadmap.

By Rabba Sara Hurwitz October 11, 2023 1:35 pm

‘You don’t know yet, do you?’ How Jews offline for a 2-day holiday found out about the attack on Israel

By Gabe Friedman and Jacob Gurvis October 10, 2023 12:35 am

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