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Temple Emanuel shifts to voluntary giving: A bold new era for membership and governance
By
Toby Tabachnick
Temple Emanuel is hoping to grow its community by emphasizing engagement over formal affiliation.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
July 7, 2023, 5:24 pm
France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi
There are only believed to be five other women rabbis in France, all under the liberal umbrella.
By
Alice d'Oléon
June 29, 2023, 3:46 pm
Supreme Court ruling in Sabbath accommodation case has ‘far-reaching’ consequences for observant Jews
"Not every belief or practice can be accommodated, but experience has shown that with some effort and goodwill, most can."
By
Ron Kampeas
June 1, 2023, 3:14 pm
Alfred Moses bought the Codex Sassoon for more than $30 million. He just saw it for the first time.
The Codex Sassoon is the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. Moses purchased it on behalf of the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.
By
Jackie Hajdenberg
May 25, 2023, 4:12 pm
A digital Jewish library aims to add women’s Torah scholarship to its shelves — by helping them write it
The participants in the new program, called Word-by-Word, range from ordained clergy to academics and teachers.
By
Jackie Hajdenberg
May 18, 2023, 8:34 am
In its bat mitzvah year, Sefaria executive reflects on the online Jewish library
In 2023, there were nearly 675,000 monthly visitors.
By
Bradley Martin
March 29, 2023, 1:25 pm
How a coffee company and a marketing maven brewed up a Passover tradition
A brief history of the Maxwell House Haggadah
By
Kerri Steinberg
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