admin | July 13, 2021
NEW YORK The Orthodox Union (OU), the nations oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, said that its 20th annual Tisha BAv program on Sunday, July 18th will not only focus on the traditional themes surrounding the destruction of both temples and other historical tragedies, but this year will also mourn the recent worldwide tragedies that have impacted the Jewish community. Kinot available live online has been a hallmark of the OUs Torah programming for over two decades and the OU continues to adjust the Tisha BAv programming to fit a changing world.
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admin | July 13, 2021
By Jeff Parrott, Genevieve Redsten and Greg McKenna| South Bend Tribune The Westcott Apartments were supposed to be a second chance.
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admin | June 16, 2021
The thought of leaving his native Hungary to study Judaism in Berlin seemed totally crazy to Zsolt Balla when he first considered it. I mean, Germany of all places
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admin | June 16, 2021
A world champion boxer-turned-rabbi is returning to the ring on a comeback mission this month. Yuri Foreman, after winning 27 of his first 28 pro fights, won the World Boxing Associations super welterweight championship title in 2009 in the Las Vegas desert.
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admin | June 16, 2021
(JTA) When Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster began visiting the tomato fields of Florida as an activist more than a decade ago, the stories of farmworkers being treated as slaves were still fresh.
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admin | June 16, 2021
Breadcrumb Trail Links The inspiration for this bill, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, the founder of Kind Canada, started the first Kindness Week in Ottawa 14 years ago.
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admin | June 16, 2021
Dozens of women whose husbands, sons, brothers or fathers lost their lives in the crush on an overcrowded ramp at Mount Meron on Lag BOmer joined together in Jerusalem last week in an emotional day of sharing, support and prayer.
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admin | May 25, 2021
LEXINGTON, Ky, (WTVQ) A sense of calm in the Middle East after a cease fire between Israel and Hamas.but in the United States reports of Jewish hate crimes are on the rise. Here in Lexingtonon Saturday nightadvocates rallied together to stand up for those who were killed in Palestine and to encourage peace. For us its about letting people know that we wont stand silent in the face of injustice we are going to make our voices heard and we do not stand by the violence and murder of innocent civilians said Hannah Isa.
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admin | May 25, 2021
After 15 months of pandemic and social distancing, California is reopening. So, too, synagogues and Jewish community organizations, which have been operating primarily online for more than a year, are resuming in-person gatherings
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admin | May 23, 2021
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbi Avrohom Avremi Zippel's testified in 2019 about sexual abuse he experienced as a child, which led to the conviction and prison sentence of his former nanny, Alavina Florreich.
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