The debate about the central meaning of Tisha b’Av goes back more than 1500 years to a debate between Rabbi Judah who said Ei’khah can only mean (learning from) prophetic reproof, and Rabbi Nehemiah ...

The ritual may seem irrational, but it's actually an example of Judaism at its best because it invites us to reenact the past ...

As the Senate closed out its marathon session of amendment votes on Republicans’ budget bill, the so-called Big Beautiful ...

The arrests come in the wake of a new law quickly pushed through the Iranian Parliament that could leave those convicted ...

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, ...

Hurdles remain, as the legislation requires state funding before lawmakers can enact a 12-month implementation period.

So it has been maddening to see people claim that Mamdani’s win was a victory for antisemitism. A Republican running for ...

In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, not far from where I live. The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the ...

Rabbi A.D. Motzen, of Agudah, said that though disappointed, “we are not giving up.”The post Senate parliamentarian cuts school choice, backed by Orthodox groups, from ‘big beautiful bill’ appeared fi ...

Sister Camille D’Arienzo “didn’t toe the line. She said what she believed. She is a progressive woman who had a very big ...