The Jewish imperative to tackle climate change
This Rosh Hashana is the last observance of Israel’s biblically mandated yearlong farming sabbatical before extreme climate change becomes irreversible ...
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After rabbi’s murder, Miami Jews on edge
Police say no evidence has emerged that anti-Semitism was a motive in the crime, but the murder has raised fears ...
Editorial: A prayer in Jesus’ name to open the meeting
Prior to being hired by the American Jewish World, I worked at the Capitol in St. Paul. I was a ...
Kabbala workshop to take place March 28-30
“Kabbalah and the Power of Dreaming Workshop,” led by Dr. Catherine Shainberg, will take place March 28-30 in Room E1220 ...
Co-Mix spans the artistic career of Art Spiegelman
In conjunction with a retrospective exhibit of Art Spiegelman’s artworks at The Jewish Museum in New York, a large-format volume, ...
Rabbinic court excommunicates AER officials
AJW Staff Report A beit din, rabbinic court, in Brooklyn, N.Y., has issued a decree of excommunication for the executives ...
A loving tribute to the ‘house that herring built’
Formerly known as J. Russ Cut Rate Appetizing, Russ & Daughters (the name changed in 1935) is the last “appetizing ...
Birth of the cool Israeli
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Avishai Cohen is feeling under the weather. During a recent telephone interview with the AJW from his ...
Hasidic counselor in New York City sentenced to 103 years for sexual abuse
NEW YORK (JTA) -- Nechemya Weberman, an unlicensed therapist, was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexually abusing a ...
Guinness records broken for menora lighting, dreidel spinning
(JTA) — A New Jersey synagogue said that it set a new Guinness World Record by lighting 834 menoras on ...
