Religion

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.

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.”

The exterior of a synagogue in Washington, DC

Suspect arrested in antisemitic attack outside Washington, DC synagogue

The suspect sprayed an unknown substance on two people while reportedly yelling “Gas the Jews.”

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.

Menorahs across the US are vandalized as Jewish communities celebrate Hanukkah amid a spike in antisemitism

From Kibbutz Be’eri to the White House, menorahs retrieved from Oct. 7 wreckage light up for Hanukkah

‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war

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

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

First Jewish university in South America to open in Buenos Aires next year

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