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Several ministers and members of Israel's parliament have cancelled their participation in Memorial Day ceremonies, a day of remembrance for fallen Israeli soldiers, due to protests from some bereaved families. Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf and Deputy Culture and Sports Minister Yaakov Tessler, from the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism…

Three Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh are still waiting for justice four and a half years after the massacre that changed everything

Boxes of matzah stacked high in grocery stores? It’s almost Passover. Wednesday, April 5, marks the first night of the weeklong Jewish holiday in 2023.

While still capturing the imagination of baseball fans, most of Team Israel’s roster may never reach the big leagues.

A New York Times article drew criticism in recognizing of ‘a range of genders’ of distorting Jewish law from other critics.

In my life as a rabbi, it’s quite common for me to hear Jews passionately expressing their dissatisfaction with the latest portrayal of Jews in the mass media: from the Netflix film “You People” to The New York Times coverage of Hasidic schools to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s gleeful…

An array of U.S. Jewish leaders are sounding alarms about what they see as a threat to Israel’s democracy posed by its new government

Michael Bogod, 94, is the last person who remembers this moment in history

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise trip to Jordan on Tuesday for talks with King Abdullah, who the royal court said underlined the need for Israel to respect the status quo of the Al-Aqsa mosque. Far-right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir toured the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which…