Rabbi Harold Kravitz steps down
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Harold Kravitz was preparing for a family vacation on the Jersey shore when the Jewish World ...
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‘Rav’ and ‘chaver,’ rabbi and friend, Kassel Abelson dies at 99
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Kass Abelson wrote The Book on Eulogies. It was his turn to be ...
A Jewish woman makes a stand at one of Alabama’s last abortion clinics
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Early on Friday mornings, Diane Weil leaves her house in Montgomery, Alabama, with an umbrella. ...
Conservative movement doubles down on intermarriage and its rabbis ask why
An official response was prompted by declarations by a few rabbis supporting intermarriage. By BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — ...
Congress reverses course on Jewish priorities
Despite resistance to some pro-Israel initiatives, bipartisan support remains for U.S.-Israel relationship By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — For Jewish ...
Addressing hunger in Minnesota
Leaders from 15 local religious organizations will eat on the average weekly food-stamp allowance to raise awareness of hunger and ...
Magen Tzedek rollout nears; Rabbi Morris Allen will speak Sunday, April 3 at St. Paul JCC
Kosher food companies will soon be able to display a seal that certifies they adhere to high ethical standards in ...
The American Jewish World wishes everyone: L'Shana Tova u'Metuka — A Good and Sweet New Year
“Is not this the fast I want?” asks God. “To free people from all which cruelly oppresses them, To let ...
Rabbi Bernard S. Raskas touched many lives
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Growing up in St. Paul’s Highland Park Jewish community, Rabbi Bernard Solomon Raskas was always a part ...
Enough already with the Hitler analogies
Rabbis urge end to Nazi imagery in politics JTA reports that more than 300 Conservative rabbis signed a statement "urging ...
