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The Chabad conference annual gala, in Edison, New Jersey, November 12, 2023. (Luke Tress)

Annual Chabad rabbis’ conference spotlights rise in Jewish engagement as attendees mourn Israel’s dead

The gala, which drew 6,500 people this year and is generally meant to be an uplifting celebration of Chabad’s Orthodox Jewish outreach work across the globe, included mournful elements within the festive atmosphere.

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate Sigd holiday under the shadow of war

A public celebration in Jerusalem of the Ethiopian Jewish holiday celebrating yearning for Israel was canceled.

Some Jewish musicians are asking Jewish critics of Israel to stop singing their songs at protests

“I cannot condone that organization using my song officially,” Shoshana Jedwab said about IfNotNow.

30 days after Oct. 7, a Jewish world wracked by grief is marking a traditional milestone of mourning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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