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In the #MeToo era, these synagogues are banning Shlomo Carlebach

NEW YORK (JTA) – When Rabbi Angela Buchdahl announced how her synagogue would respond to the #MeToo moment, she singled out a man. But he wasn’t one of her congregants, synagogue clergy … more

BEN SALES | 2/3/18

State of the Union: President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.

Scenes from the State of the Union address

2/3/18

Celebrating Sukkot in a time of drought

LOS ANGELES (JTA) – While preparing for Sukkot in drought-ridden California, I hoped that the holiday’s joy had not dried up alongside much of the state’s water supply. For a holiday also called “the season of our joy,” one … more

EDMON J. RODMAN | 10/1/15

Where is the Jewish aid to Nepal going?

NEW YORK (JTA) – Almost as soon as news of Nepal’s devastating earthquake reached the wider world, Jewish aid groups began mobilizing humanitarian efforts to help the victims. In Israel, that meant dispatching first responders to Nepal; in … more

Uriel Heilman | 5/7/15

The Reform movement is alive with the sound of music

BOSTON (JTA) – Emily Katz and Liora Hyman arrived early enough to snag front row seats for a concert with some of their favorite performers. But this show wasn’t at one … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 12/21/17

Yale to offer beginner Yiddish courses to fulfill language requirements

JTA – Yale will launch beginner Yiddish classes in the fall that will allow students to fulfill their language requirements, according to the Yale Daily News.Yiddish studies now offered at the … more

4/9/21

Mansour Abbas, head of Israel's Islamic Raam party, speaks during a press conference in the northern city of Nazareth, April 1, 2021.

Mansour Abbas could hold the key to Israel’s next government

JTA – Following yet another Israeli election, voters are getting to know an unlikely kingmaker: Mansour Abbas, an Arab-Israeli lawmaker who might be the one to break Israel’s two-year … more

BEN SALES | 4/9/21

Rabbi Shira Stern of Marlboro, New Jersey, is a disaster spiritual care provider for the American Red Cross.

Rabbi leads a team of spiritual first responders in storm-tossed Texas

JTA – It was a day before Hurricane Harvey was due to make landfall, and Rabbi Shira Stern knew she was headed for Texas. As a director of Disaster Spiritual Care for the American … more

Andrew Silow-Carroll | 9/7/17

7 treasures from a centennial exhibit on Leonard Bernstein

JTA – From his birthplace in Boston to New York, Berlin, South Africa, China and Israel, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the larger-than-life conductor, pianist, composer, educator and bon … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 5/26/18

Jewish family has been making honey wine for 150 years

Rachel Lipman cares deeply about preserving her Jewish family’s fifth-generation winemaking business, Loew Vineyards, but the 28-year-old is … more

STACEY PFEFFER | 9/14/22