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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Last Shabbos, in cities around the globe, from NY to LA, from London to Paris, from Sydney to Sao Paulo, Jews...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb As a person who likes to see the connections between the Jewish calendar of holiday celebrations and the weekly Torah...

  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 Phyllis Chesler Perhaps it is no accident that Israel and the United States chose to strike Iran on Shabbat Zachor. Every year, on this...

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: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My interest in the relationship between a person and his or her clothing goes back to my early days in...

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...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I am writing these lines from Ir HaKodesh, the holy city of Yerushalayim. A city where spirituality is in the air. Where...

By: Rabbi Yissocher Frand The verse lists the various materials that were donated to the Mishkan. The Torah mentions “gold, silver, and copper; turquoise, purple,...

Parshat Mishpatim - Land Laws Given in the Wilderness By: Rabbi Leo Dee Why does Parshat Mishpatim - the Torah’s great catalog of civil law -...

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...