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What is it to be a leader of the Jewish people?
28 Jan 2026 16:53 GMT
… that even the humblest of Jews saw at that moment what … recites the Shema in the synagogue. He begins first and they … nasi (religious head of the Jewish community), and a king. May … prophets.”
Judaism is a complex faith. There is no one Torah model …
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D’var Torah: Moving Forward and Not Getting Stuck
28 Jan 2026 15:51 GMT
… Alison Kobey
This week’s Torah portion is Beshalach: Exodus 13 … new way. This week’s Torah portion helps remind us not … Or Chadash, an active Reform synagogue in Damascus, Maryland, where she …
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A Jewish teen takes on the sports betting apps that are hooking his peers
28 Jan 2026 16:03 GMT
… part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism … hardly reserved for teens at Jewish or private schools. Studies published … all teens, he added, “a Jewish school can frame the discussion … also as a behavior that Torah and halacha have important positions …
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A Millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
28 Jan 2026 12:17 GMT
… a synagogue that defies every conventional rule of American Jewish … closely watched experiment in American Judaism — an urban congregation … to an estimated 150,000 Jews — mostly immigrants — packed … who will read the Torah at services, sharing names …
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Jews Owning Property in Egypt
28 Jan 2026 11:03 GMT
… – especially livestock. The Jewish people originally descended to Egypt … the Paschal offering. The Torah further attests that when we … emphasized that not a single Jewish animal would die – … Jews around the
world the chance to experience engaging Jewish …
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Parshat Beshalach and Ran Gvili: Why Judaism brings our dead home
28 Jan 2026 09:29 GMT
… week, contemporary events in Jewish history did not only rhyme … , read this Shabbat in synagogues around the world, we …
The Torah’s insistence on transporting bones is striking. Jewish tradition … years, we learn what Judaism insists we never forget: …
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Counting the days: How Jews clung to the Hebrew calendar as Nazis tried to erase it
28 Jan 2026 04:30 GMT
… complement a display of synagogue artifacts from destroyed European … Vashem’s synagogue. It bridges the story of Jewish life in … Europe before the Holocaust — told through Torah … a particularly meaningful holiday for Jews during the war, Tal …
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Rabbi Daniel Levitt: Bala Cynwyd Resident Forges Jewish Connections at Gratz College
27 Jan 2026 23:00 GMT
… connecting Jews to the wisdom of Jewish intellectual heritage, of studying their Torah … into Judaism as adults.
“People who don’t go to synagogue, who … Merion Shtiebel and Lower Merion Synagogue member said that, while he …
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Jews in Iran arrested by regime forces on suspicion of taking part in latest protest wave
27 Jan 2026 19:16 GMT
Illustrative- Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue on Palestine … Jewish community in Iran said today that several Jews … including prayers and Torah classes, with synagogues open and schools … groups, including the Jewish representative in the Iranian …
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A Jewish perspective on burial and cremation | Commentary
27 Jan 2026 17:16 GMT
… of the significance of proper Jewish burial. With cremation becoming … that Judaism encourages at life’s end.
The Torah speaks … Jews during the Holocaust left an indelible imprint on the Jewish … for Jews who live largely secular lives, choosing a Jewish burial …