By: Fern Sidman In a ceremony marked by solemnity and historical resonance, ninety-one sacred religious and ceremonial artifacts looted from Greek Jewish communities during the...

On long journey home, teens contemplate impact of largest gathering of Jewish teens in the world By: Karen Schwartz A group of 15 Jewish teenagers from Singapore...

Jewish Federations and AJC express support for U.S.-Israeli military action, urging vigilance and praying for safety. By: JNS Staff The Jewish Federations of North America on...

  By: Fern Sidman In the aftermath of a seismic shift in the Middle East’s political landscape—the confirmed elimination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—Rabbi...

By: Jonathan S. Tobin This is not the first time in history in which some Jews have internalized the hate that has been directed at...

Think savory with nuts, spices and dips, as well as hamantaschen fillings that feature spinach, feta and herbs. By: Ethel G. Hofman Purim commemorates the survival...

By: Miriam Szokovski Wondering why hamantaschen are traditional Purim fare? The reasons and symbolism are abundant. Today I’ve got a great roundup of sweet hamantaschen, traditional...

By: Menachem Posner Purim Is the Jolliest Day of the Year The jolly festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of...

Steven Burg (RNS) — On Wednesday, Jan. 28, Ran Gvili was finally laid to rest. The 24-year-old police special forces officer, who was killed on Oct....

  By: Fern Sidman Nearly two decades after antisemitism began to reemerge in the American public square with a visibility unseen since the postwar era, a...

  By: Fern Sidman The contemporary American Jewish community finds itself in the throes of a searching and, at times, bruising debate over the most elemental...

Australian terror attack revealed a new dimension in Texas Chabad emissary’s life and work By: Bruria Efune For nearly three decades, Manya Lazaroff has been doing...

By: Tzirel Rosenblatt In the vast architecture of twentieth-century history, moments of moral clarity often appear fleeting, almost imperceptible amid the thunder of mass movements...

  By: Fern Sidman A rare and resonant call to action has reverberated across Israel’s religious landscape, as a coalition of prominent rabbis urged the public...

Menachem Wecker (JNS) Some 10 minutes into a conversation with JNS, Mark Goldfeder, director of the nonprofit National Jewish Advocacy Center, offered a tip on...

A Shot Heard Across Europe: 90 Years Since the Killing of Nazi Figure Wilhelm Gustloff by David Frankfurter By: Fern Sidman Ninety years ago, on February...