Religion

A German Jewish community shadowed by scandal and an uncertain future welcomes a moment to celebrate

Rabbis and cantors are ordained at Geiger College, which has been hoping to put an investigation of its founder behind it.

By Toby Axelrod September 10, 2024 4:07 pm

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The Rebbe and Candace Owens

Candace Owens criticized the Lubavitcher Rebbe. His fans quickly clapped back.

The far-right pundit accused modern Chabad’s late spiritual leader of promoting hate toward non-Jews.

September 6, 2024 5:14 pm

Ideas

Rachel is weeping for her child: In Hersh’s grieving mother, we see our matriarch

Today’s parallels with ancient Jewish trauma are overwhelming — and even the Bible falls short, a rabbi writes.

September 1, 2024 3:10 pm

Rabbi

For rabbis writing High Holiday sermons during the Israel-Hamas war, procrastination pays off

By Jacob Gurvis August 28, 2024 12:19 pm

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

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 16, 2024 4:05 pm

Ideas

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

By Rabbi Hayim Leiter August 14, 2024 11:27 am

Yitz Twersky

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

By Jon Kalish August 13, 2024 12:00 pm

Sarah Silverman in Greenland.

Teen Fellowship

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

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