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Eric Adams Joins Met Council & Flatbush Fund Emergency Rosh HaShanah Food Distribution

Edited by: TJVNews.com   On Wednesday, Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic nominee for New York City mayor Eric Adams joined Met Council on Jewish Poverty to...

A Short History of Bringing Shofar to the Streets

The first mitzvah campaign to bring Judaism to the individual, wherever he or she was By: Dovid Margolin & Menachem Posner For as long as anyone...

One of Israel’s Best Fighters Says Jews Need To Get Tough

By: Alan Zeitlin When Israeli Itay Gershon steps into the kickboxing ring September 4, he will face only one opponent-Frenchman Guerric Billet in a lightweight...

“Fulfilling the Divine Will” – Rabbinic Guidance, Teshuva, Hate Crimes, Yeshiva Funding and More on the Front Burner at Igud HaRabbanim’s 33rd Annual Chai...

Edited by: TJVNews.com   A new year is around the corner. Members of Klal Yisroel are pulling out all the stops to merit a Kesiva V’chasima...

Rabbinate seeks clarification on Pope’s comments suggesting Torah is obsolete

By Donna Rachel Edmunds, World Israel News The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has written to the Vatican over concerns that Pope Francis, in a recent...

Simon Wiesenthal Prize honors individuals fighting anti-Semitism

Dan Verbin(A7) Nominations are open for Austria's new Simon Wiesenthal Prize honoring members of society who show a commitment to combating anti-Semitism. The prize is the...

30 Years After the Crown Heights Riots, the Lawyer Who Refused to Let His Brother Be Forgotten

By Mordechai Lightstone(Chabad.org) Thirty years ago, on Aug. 19, 1991, a tragic car accident in Brooklyn, N.Y., sparked what has been called “the most serious anti-Semitic...

Despite Taliban Takeover, Afghanistan’s Last Jew Opts To Remain

(JNS) – Despite the takeover of Afghanistan this week by the Taliban, the country’s last remaining Jew said on Tuesday that he intends to...

Amid Covid Uncertainty, High Holiday Prayer Books Again in High Demand

Surge in sales again this year for those praying at home By: Motti Wilhelm With the sounds of the shofar already being heard each day during...

For Practitioners of This Ancient and Holy Art, It’s the Busiest Month of the Year

The beautiful and important custom of checking tefillin and mezuzahs in Elul By: Liza Wiemer In the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy to get...

A Key for Elul: Towards a Unified Theory of Anti-Semitism

Only if we are united will we be worthy of crowning the King By: Yonoson Rosenblum Elul is here, and each of us is looking for some...

First-ever joint Selichot service for Jews of Gulf countries

MANAMA, Bahrain – The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that...

When the Jew-bashers are Jews

By Melanie Phillips (JNS) The latest move by President Joe Biden to appall many American Jews as an act of wanton hostility is his appointment of...

Major corporations are ‘failing to protect’ Jewish employees from rising anti-Semitism

BY FAYGIE HOLT (JNS)Despite major corporations investing significant time and funds to address traditional gaps in “diversity, equity and inclusion” policies, many of them—most notably, Google,...

‘The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave’- A New Look at the Role of Talmudic Narrative

Judaism's way of living and studying Torah, surviving thousands of years of exile and dispersion, was defined but not spelled out by the Sages. By: Rochel Sylvetsky While raising...

11 Unique Jewish Wedding Customs From Around the World

By: Menachem Posner How Long Did That Wedding Last? In most Jewish communities, as codified by Jewish law, the wedding celebration for first-timers lasts a...

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