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After long legal fight, man from Ugandan Jewish community is approved for Israeli citizenship

‘I cannot describe how I feel at this moment after being approved as an Israeli,’ Kibita said in a statement.

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 16, 2024 4:05 pm

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I’m a traveling mohel. My colleague’s unprecedented arrest in Ireland has shaken me to my core.

An Israeli rabbi who travels abroad to circumcise Jewish babies wonders why Ireland is cracking down on a ritual sacred for Jews.

August 14, 2024 11:27 am

Meet the New Yorker tracing the 300-year history of the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, from Chernobyl to the Bronx

The influential family now boasts tens of thousands of members, including leading Hasidic rabbis and countless descendants who don’t share the family surname.

August 13, 2024 12:00 pm

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In remote Greenland, a NYC yeshiva kid becomes an ‘Arctic citizen’

By Sarah Silverman August 13, 2024 10:15 am

For the first Tisha B’Av after Oct. 7, new liturgy and traditions mourn a fresh tragedy

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 9, 2024 4:00 pm

Doug Emhoff installed mezuzahs at the Vice President’s Residence. What happens to them when he moves out, or up?

By Philissa Cramer August 9, 2024 1:32 pm

Isaiah Rothstein, Orthodox rabbi focused on diversity and inclusion, takes the helm at Greenpoint Shul

By Julia Gergely August 9, 2024 12:21 pm

Why some synagogues are screening ‘Legend of Destruction,’ a 2021 film about the Second Temple, on Tisha B’Av this year

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 7, 2024 5:36 pm

Meet the teenaged girl who read the Talmud in just 2.5 years, flouting gender and speed norms

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 19, 2024 4:45 pm

Illustration of two men studying texts in prison

2 incarcerated men wanted to convert to Judaism. This rabbi helped them do it.

By Andrew Lapin July 18, 2024 10:00 am

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After long legal fight, man from Ugandan Jewish community is approved for Israeli citizenship

I’m a traveling mohel. My colleague’s unprecedented arrest in Ireland has shaken me to my core.

Meet the New Yorker tracing the 300-year history of the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, from Chernobyl to the Bronx

In remote Greenland, a NYC yeshiva kid becomes an ‘Arctic citizen’

For the first Tisha B’Av after Oct. 7, new liturgy and traditions mourn a fresh tragedy

Doug Emhoff installed mezuzahs at the Vice President’s Residence. What happens to them when he moves out, or up?

Isaiah Rothstein, Orthodox rabbi focused on diversity and inclusion, takes the helm at Greenpoint Shul

Why some synagogues are screening ‘Legend of Destruction,’ a 2021 film about the Second Temple, on Tisha B’Av this year

Meet the teenaged girl who read the Talmud in just 2.5 years, flouting gender and speed norms

2 incarcerated men wanted to convert to Judaism. This rabbi helped them do it.

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