Jewish Features

Rachel Imeinu & the 11th of Cheshvan By: Yitzchak Ginsburgh One of the most important days in the month of Cheshvan is the 11th, which commemorates...

Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass and the Beginning of the Holocaust Edited by: Fern Sidman On the night of November 9, 1938, an orchestrated wave...

American Jewish Organizations Welcome Trump’s Election, Look to Strengthen U.S.-Israel Ties and Combat Rising Anti-Semitism Edited by: TJVNews.com In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election as...

By: Yehudis Litvak The Exile Began 11 Years Before the Temple Was Destroyed The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar set out on an extensive campaign, intending...

Apologists for Anti-Zionism Teaching About Anti-Zionism By: Moshe Phillips     A professor who says anti-Zionism is not necessarily anti-Semitic has been hired by a prominent New York...

(JNS) – Rabbi Kalman Ber from Netanya was elected Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi on Thursday, defeating Rabbi Micha Halevi in a run-off vote. A moderate...

By: Chana Hirschowitz “What happened?” I asked naively. For the first time, I heard the words “hostages,” “babies,” “a massacre.” “Are you sure?” I pressed, willing...

By: Bruria Efune The worst of times brings out the best of our people. The past year has been filled with torrents of heartbreak and trauma...

Unbridled joy, aliyahs for everyone, concluding the Torah and starting it anew By: Chabad.org In 2024, Simchat Torah (which comes on the heels Shemini Atzeret) begins...

By: Chabad.org Simchat Torah Comes After Sukkot The sukkah at the East River Esplanade at East 84th Street (Photo: Howard Blas) Shemini Atzeret (“The Eighth...

(JNS) The antisemitism watchdog group Cyberwell released a report on the evolutions of online hate both before and after the Hamas terrorist attacks in...

How Should We Commemorate a Simchat Torah Massacre? By Tzvi Freeman Increasingly, our Ask-the-Rabbi team has been fielding concerns around the brutal massacre that occurred last Simchat...

By Rabbi David Kalb (JNS) Shemini Atzeret, marking the end of the Jewish holiday season, means “the eighth day of the assembly.” Part of why...

Rare 16th-Century Jewish Bible, Looted by Nazis, to Return to Budapest Seminary After Deal with U.S. Seller Edited by: Fern Sidman In a case that has...

 By Jonathan S. Tobin  (JNS) Historical memory lies at the heart of most Jewish holiday commemorations. During Sukkot, for example, Jews daily welcome ushpizin—“guests” or...

By: Menachem Posner The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—are followed by Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (October...