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Cardinals look on as the body of Pope Francis is transferred into the Basilica at St Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025 in Vatican City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
April 23, 2025, 2:38 pm
A Jewish guide to the cardinals who could succeed Francis
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, is in the running to be the next pope.
By Ben Sales
An Israel-based think tank analyzed the sermons given by American rabbis and how they changed after Oct. 7, 2023. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 22, 2025, 12:20 pm
An Israeli think tank used AI to analyze 4,400 American synagogue sermons. Here’s what it found.
American rabbis talk about politics more than the Israelis expected.
By Ben Sales
March 26, 2025, 11:29 am
Nearly a quarter of Americans raised Jewish have left the religion, survey says
17% of U.S. adults raised Jewish now describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated. Others practice a different faith.
By Grace Gilson
March 26, 2025, 10:26 am
Chronicle poll results: Prayer
We asked our readers how often they pray. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Book cover (Photo courtesy of the publisher)
March 14, 2025, 12:53 pm
Transgender scholar Joy Ladin examines gender and Torah at Dor Hadash event
Joy Ladin was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution.
By Deborah Weisberg
Rabbi David Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023. (Courtesy)
February 28, 2025, 2:04 pm
Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds
The proportion of Jews that rarely if ever pray is far higher than among other religious communities — and on the rise.
By Philissa Cramer
Temple Emanuel of South Hills (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
November 4, 2024, 2:42 pm
Temple Emanuel shifts to voluntary giving: A bold new era for membership and governance
Temple Emanuel is hoping to grow its community by emphasizing engagement over formal affiliation.
By Toby Tabachnick
Yael Jaffe, a member of Hadar's first cohort of rabbinic ordinees, learns in the New York beit midrash, or study hall, of the Jewish learning and programming center. (Courtesy Hadar)
July 4, 2024, 1:57 pm
Hadar’s new plan has it minting rabbis, opening synagogues and sending teens to Israel. Is it a denomination now?
Hadar’s growth comes as non-Orthodox American Jewish denominations are in decline and independent Jewish communities that don’t identify with a particular stream are growing
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Exterior view of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College campus in Pennsylvania. (Wikimedia)
July 4, 2024, 1:45 pm
Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution
Rabbis from the liberal Jewish movement have taken leading roles in anti-Zionist activism
By Jackie Hajdenberg
(Photo courtesy of neufal54 via Pixabay)
October 17, 2023, 10:11 pm
Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime
The Chief Rabbinate decreed that Orthodox Jews should keep their radios and phones on during Shabbat to hear safety alerts and instructions from Israel’s Home Front Command.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Israeli border police stand guard near Orthodox Jews in the Old City’s Christian quarter, after an incident in which Haredi Orthodox Jews spat at a Christian procession carrying a cross through Jerusalem's Old City. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 4, 2023, 3:43 pm
Israeli police arrest 5 Jews for allegedly spitting on Christians amid spate of attacks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to show zero tolerance for assailants.
By Ron Kampeas
The DreamWorks water park at American Dream Meadowlands in New Jersey boasts a wave pool, 15 water slides, and multiple private cabanas. (Evan Falk/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
September 28, 2023, 5:54 pm
NJ megamall is offering gender-segregated swimming to accommodate Orthodox clientele
On Oct. 2, the suburban park is open to women only and two days later, is open only to men.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Paul Cohen at his home in Narsaq, Greenland. (Photo by Dan Fellner)
August 16, 2023, 10:52 am
The only Jew in remote Greenland sometimes feels like ‘the last person on earth’
There has never been an organized Jewish community in Greenland, other than the U.S. military base at Thule in far northwestern Greenland.
By Dan Fellner
August 9, 2023, 3:27 pm
Chronicle poll question
Which Jewish movement do you most identify with?
The Western Wall on Tisha B'Av 2017. (Photo by Kayla Steinberg)
July 19, 2023, 11:39 am
Tisha B’Av is a Jewish history lesson. Why don’t more Jews observe the holiday?
From Tisha B’Av, it is possible to gain an understanding of Jewish history after Jerusalem and during the rabbinic era.
By Jarrad Saffren
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