Rabbi Berel Wein's impact on the Jewish world blossomed not only from his films, books, and audio lectures, but also the founding and leadership of institutions. Jewish scholar, historian, and leader ...

Rabbi Andrea Weiss, a former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion who made history as the first woman to ordain rabbis in the Reform movement, has died.

(JTA) — Sefaria, the app that contains a digital collection of Jewish texts, has made everything from Genesis to an essay on Jewish law and gambling accessible at the tap of a finger. But in one way, ...

Rabbi Dov Lando, leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, urges Hebron Yeshiva students to continue studying Torah, ignore hardships.

The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

(RNS) — A raft of new research fellowships and writing workshops represent a coming of age for the idea that learned women can claim authority in interpreting Jewish law. (RNS) — According to the ...

A grand plan to publish an elucidated English edition of Torah Or and Likkutei Torah is being undertaken in memory of R’ Gedaliah Shaffer OBM, whose yartzeit is on the 17th of Adar.

A scarce early Hebrew publication I acquired recently was written and published despite extraordinary difficulties and hardships that the author, and came about as a result of his herculean efforts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Haredim protest against the IDF draft outside Tel Hashomer recruitment base, April 28. 2025. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI) "The ...

Discrimination against Jewish people has continued to rise in recent months, sometimes in communities where it would seem almost impossible for the prejudice to exist. Ohio is not immune to pockets of ...

Competitors from 15 synagogues across Long Island tested their knowledge of Jewish prayers, holidays and heritage at the annual JewQ competition at Chabad Port Washington on Feb. 9. The competition ...