Judaism

Grapevine, August 29, 2025: Keep kids away from Uman

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

(R-L) Ami and Tzvia Zoglobek with Shlomi Mayor Gavriel Na’aman; Lee Kabzetz, deputy head of human resources in the Zoglobek Group; and some of the children who received new school bags.
Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

HORSES: NECESSARY or excessive?

Parashat Shoftim: A king who rules over himself

Transportation MINISTER Miri Regev – what guides her is not the good of the nation but the fear of its wrath.

Miri Regev waives Ben-Gurion Airport flight curfew for travelers to Uman


Reversing course, Philadelphia Jewish museum says it will rehang Israeli flag that was vandalized

Following two seperate incidents and under pressure from the Philadelphia Jewish community, the Weitzman will return the flag to its place.

 Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, March 16, 2024

Seventy Years of Guinness World Records, 70 Years of Jewish Excellence

As the Guinness Book celebrates 70 years, Israel and the Jewish Diaspora continue to break records, from the heroic to the heartwarming.

The Jewish community of Atlanta, Georgia, has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest cookie mosaic

Beyond the headlines: Taking care of yourself

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

 An illustrative AI-generated image of a Torah scroll opened in an undisclosed location in outer space.

Two congregations, two opinions as Torahs hit the floor at separate NYC services

Torah scrolls are treated with such reverence that on the rare occasions that they are dropped, it becomes news, at least in the Jewish media.

 Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, left, teaches a class in Jewish law at Maharat, the first yeshiva to ordain women to serve as Orthodox clergy.

Between two narratives: A candid conversation with an ultra-Orthodox Israeli

Explaining the ultra-Orthodox mindset that has led to widespread refusal to serve in the IDF.

HAREDI CHILDREN play an active role in the battle for military exemption, as seen on Highway 4 outside Bnei Brak.

Israel aims to improve absorption of olim into education system ahead of coming school year

Making Aliyah is a massive life change for all olim, but school-aged children often face a unique struggle when integrating into the Israeli education system.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June. Instead of fearmongering, we should be encouraging an aliyah of ideals and idealism, the writer maintains.

'You’re part of genocide': Chilean synagogue targeted by anti-Israel vandals

The Jewish Community of Chile's representative body condemned the attack in a Sunday X/Twitter post, warning that acts of hatred could not be normalized.

 Palestine Action vandalized JNF offices, Hendon

Tel Aviv decries 'non-issue' in synagogue controversy, ‘faith’ clause removed months ago

The most up-to-date text of the clause shows that the “faith” part has been taken out, undercutting what many ministers and Members of Knesset were quick to catalogue as a widespread liberal threat.

Religious Jews gather on the eve of Tisha B'Av at a synagogue in Tel Aviv, August 12, 2024

From neighbors and friends, why betrayal still haunts Jews to this day - opinion

Betrayal does not break us. It hardens our realism, sharpens our solidarity, deepens our reliance on God, and strengthens our commitment to Israel.

PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters demonstrate outside the British Parliament in June. ‘When my London friends spoke of their sense of betrayal, they were not exaggerating,’ says the writer.

Parashat Re'eh: Divine consolation, both intimate and universal

'The time for consolation is now, and the path to redemption lies before us.'

Zion’s foundations will be laid with sapphires, we are reassured.

Parashat Re'eh: The gift of mercy

This is our ancestral heritage, passed down through the generations, and rooted so deeply that it is part of our very nature.

COMPASSION & MERCY: Haredi soldiers from the IDF Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall, Aug. 6.