Tag: American Jewish World

At the end of 2012, many news media outlets published or aired their year-in-review stories. This particular journalistic convention also ...

Illuminating the stories of three biblical women

Pictured above is an illuminated painting by Debra Band, a detail from the cover of her new book, Arise! Arise! ...

Preserving Sephardic traditions

For more than 30 years, the local Sephardi Minyan has conducted services and fostered a sense of community among those ...

Netanyahu asks Jewish Agency to look into women’s prayer at Western Wall

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked the Jewish Agency to come up with a solution for non-Orthodox ...

Haifa rabbinate forbids New Year’s Eve parties

(JTA) — The Haifa rabbinate has warned local hotels and event halls that they could lose their kashrut supervision if ...

Ancient temple, rare ritual tools discovered near Jerusalem

Israel Hayom / Exclusive to JNS.org Archeologists got a rare glimpse of religious life in the days of Israel’s Judean ...

Graphic novel imagines a hidden Jewish history

The Spanish Inquisition devastated Jewish life in Spain, as Jews had to either convert to Catholicism or flee, in 1492. ...

Cathy Ladman returns to Minn. for New Year’s Eve shows

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When we last talked, in December 2010, Cathy Ladman was living in south Minneapolis. She had some ...

Editorial: Newtown massacre raises troubling questions