My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashana.
By BETH KISSILEFF PITTSBURGH (JTA) — Our sages teach us that “kol hatchalot kashot,” all beginnings are difficult. This phrase...
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‘Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews?’ Malaysia’s leader asks at Columbia
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Alex Borstein’s ‘Step out of line’ speech at the Emmys was a perfect display of Jewish pride
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A Guatemalan asylum seeker is being sheltered in a Washington state synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — In a few weeks, the congregants at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Wash., will gather...