Religion

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.

By Andrew Lapin 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

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

“Being a rabbi is being able to pivot and to give meaning and significance and the grounding of Torah to current events,” said Rabbi Nicole Guzik of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

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

By Julia Gergely August 9, 2024 12:21 pm

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