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Maine rabbis call for peace, urge politicians to stop calling Gaza war a ‘genocide’

The use of the term has become a “currency for acquiring power and position in Maine’s Democratic party,” Rabbi Rachel Isaacs told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest synagogue in Bangor, Maine.
ISRAEL POLICE arrest a suspect in the murder of Rabbi Amos Guetta, July 1, 2026.

Man indicted for aggravated murder of Kabbalist Rabbi Amos Guetta, calls him 'false messiah'

Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Farber.

Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Farber, founder of Ma'alot Tzur haredi enlistment program, dies at 32

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits down with MAGA provocateur Laura Loomer in Kyiv as Loomer shifts her views to support Ukraine's war against Russia, July 24, 2026.

MAGA influencer Laura Loomer mounts Jewish apology tour in Ukraine, meeting with Zelensky and rabbi


Rabbi Hier: ‘This is a phenomenal time to bring Azerbaijan into the Abraham Accords’

Ahead of Netanyahu’s White House visit, a leading US rabbi urges adding Azerbaijan to the Abraham Accords as a key ally to deter Iran and spark wider Muslim participation.

Flag of Azerbaijan

'Above All, We Are Jews': The life story of a great American Reform rabbi - review

To learn more about this great American Reform rabbi, Jews and non-Jews alike will want to read this well-researched and highly accessible biography.

 Rabbi Alexander Schindler became one of the greatest supporters of the historic peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.

Owens blames Israeli rabbi for ‘paying pastors’ to denounce her and Tucker Carlson

After the claim went viral, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, president of Ohr Torah Stone, an organization Rabbi Shlomo Riskin founded, denied the allegation.

 Conservative political commentator Candace Owens speaks during an event held by national conservative political movement 'Turning Point', in Detroit, Michigan, US, June, 14, 2024.

Jewish religious leaders' unsettling words disregard Israel's foundational narratives - opinion

We must be exceptionally delicate in our speech, careful to uphold moral integrity, and even more so, to avoid clouding or distorting our historical narratives.

 Jewish yeshiva students study at the Atert Shlomo Yeshiva, in Rishon Lezion, June 11, 2025

Did a mystic rabbi foresee Israel’s Iran strike eight years ago?

The 2017 video shows Ben Artzi telling congregants that if Israel chose to bomb Tehran’s reactors “no trace will remain” of the plants and that the Israel Defense Forces would emerge unscathed

 Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi and fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025

From Brit Milah to blood tests: notes from a split-screen life - opinion

This is what Jewish life looks like. It’s loud and layered. It’s WhatsApp and weddings. It’s birth announcements alongside battle briefings. It’s holding pain and joy in the same hand.

 NEW IMMIGRANTS are welcomed at Ben-Gurion airport, last year. Since October 7, 2023, over 43,000 people have made aliyah, the writer reports.

Rabbi from the South allegedly committed sexual offenses against women seeking his guidance

The accused rabbi's lawyer denies all accusations against his client.

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Period between Passover, Shavuot a time of education and contemplation - opinion

Despite the plethora of high-level Torah-lectures on the holiday, I am inclined these days to study on Shavuot with my husband or friends.

 RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN dances with a new Torah in the Cave of the Patriarchs, 2018. The scroll was dedicated in memory of IDF Golani officer David Golbunacz, who had been killed in Hebron the previous year

A historic moment: UK's Liberal and Reform movements unify as Progressive Judaism

The CEOs of the two movements spoke to the Jerusalem Post about the journey to unification, and the 'profound optimism in deciding to work together.'

 Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky say a prayer for the formation of a new movement

'Articles of Faith': Faithful to tradition, open to complexity - book review

A recurring theme in Articles of Faith is the delicate balance between upholding rabbinic authority while acknowledging the realities of a post-modern, digitally saturated world.

 Learning in Jerusalem’s Midreshet Lindenbaum, 2018