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‘We’re just like you’: Sacramento teens teach non-Jewish peers about Judaism
A national program with a site in Sacramento turns to Jewish teens to teach their non-Jewish counterparts about Judaism.
The largest Reconstructionist synagogue is set to cut ties with the denomination over Israel tensions
The clergy and lay leaders of Kehillat Israel, an affluent congregation located in Pacific Palisades, California notified ...
The Forward on MSN4d
How should you tell someone that a loved one died? Judaism offers an answer.
Judaism offers wisdom for how to bear bad news, focusing on the power of presence, clarity, and compassion in moments of loss ...
Decades-long bureaucratic battle ends: 30-year-old man receives recognition of his Jewish identity
The case originated approximately 15 years ago when the man's mother, residing in Eilat, separated from her Arab partner and ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education12y
Anti-Judaism as a Critical Theory
Hostility to Judaism is not just a product of extreme ideologies. It’s rooted in the power and politics of Western tradition.
Jewish leaders from the U.S. sign a letter urging Israel to allow more aid into Gaza
More than a thousand rabbis and other Jewish leaders from the U.S. and elsewhere have signed a public letter urging Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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More than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders denounce starvation in Gaza
The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and ...
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Commentary: Turns out, Judaism does believe in life after death — and ...
Judaism is a profoundly this-world-oriented religious tradition. The Hebrew Bible maintains a relative silence about an afterlife, calling its version of the afterlife Sheol — a shadowy pit ...