Colonie Chai Chabad to offer lecture on Feb. 2 by couple who are Jews by choice
ALBANY – Colonie Chai Chabad will offer a 7 p.m. Zoom presentation on Wednesday, Feb. 2, entitled, “Jews By Choice
New B’nai Sholom course to examines modern midrash and its aid in study of Torah
ALBANY–A new course taught by Rabbi Danielle Weisbrot at B’nai Sholom Reform Congregation in Albany will look at creating modern midrash,
“I was born a Jew…lived as a Christian…want to die a Jew”
IZBICA, Poland – It was a chilly November day that Rabbi Shalom Malul, the dean of the AMIT Ashdod Yeshiva
This Jewish artist’s tarot card deck is inspired by Torah and ecology
By MAYA MIRSKY (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) – A forest fire, racing up a mountain. A
How the true story of Mizrahi Jews defeats anti-Zionist mythology
By JAMES SINKINSON (JNS) – Anti-Zionists are fond of claiming that Israel is a colonial enterprise of white Ashkenazi Jews—as though
Chanukah: I have a dream!
By SAM GLASER For eight nights, starting with the 25th of the month of Kislev, Jews celebrate the 165 BCE victory
Jews, drugs and rock ’n’ roll: The Jewish stories behind a heavy metal cult classic film
By RON KAMPEAS SILVER SPRING, Md. (JTA) – The Star of David pendant comes exactly 15 minutes into the 16.5-minute documentary. It
In era of social acrimony, the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s words may provide insight into bridging divides
By SARAH OGINCE (JNS) – Chabad may be synonymous with Jewish outreach, but once a year, for three days, the movement
The season of the Jewitch: Meet the occultists who blend witchcraft and Jewish folklore
By RACHEL ROMÁN NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Occult practices and totems are a mainstay of Halloween season, and sage bundles,
Hebrew calligraphy is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees students engage with Hebrew doodles
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last year, she