Religion

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

The film, which includes voiceovers from Oscar Isaac and Evangeline Lilly, has found new relevance after Oct. 7.

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

Elke Bentley, 18, read the whole Babylonian Talmud five years faster than the traditional reading cycle as Jewish women have had to fight for their access to read Jewish texts.

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.

Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp’s unusual efforts to achieve a behind-bars conversion is documented in the podcast “Tales of the Unbound.”

July 18, 2024 10:00 am

Teen Fellowship

How the war in Gaza is changing the Jewish summer camp experience for counselors and campers

By Anya Heiden July 16, 2024 11:57 am

A Jewish couple was barred from adopting a child through a Christian agency. They’re now the face of an anti-Project 2025 campaign.

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 11, 2024 5:21 pm

A new Shazam-style bot will identify Shlomo Carlebach’s melodies

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 9, 2024 3:50 pm

Tzipi Yudkin, the mother of fallen soldier Yisrael Yudkin, pushed for the traditional Hebrew abbreviation to be inscribed on his gravestone. (Screenshot)

As Israel debates drafting haredi Orthodox, bereaved families now allowed to add ‘May God avenge his blood’ to soldiers’ gravestones

By Deborah Danan July 5, 2024 1:01 pm

Orthodox minor-league pitcher Jacob Steinmetz is eating kosher delivery, walking to the stadium on Shabbat — and staying focused on the game

By Jacob Gurvis July 3, 2024 12:41 pm

Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 2, 2024 4:40 pm

176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

By Andrew Lapin July 2, 2024 12:02 pm

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