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Interfaith couples can finally rest in peace – together
Ryan Szigeti, who helps people plan their cemetery and funeral arrangements, hopes that the opening of a Jewish burial section in a non-denominational cemetery will give Jews in interfaith marriages the opportunity to be...
Jewish Film Fest announces lineup
The Jewish Film Festival announced the program for its upcoming festival on Tuesday night, June 20, and the lineup looks appetizing, as usual. This is one of the great festivals in the Bay Area,...
Rabbis to officiate in intermarriages at prestigious NYC synagogue
B’nai Jeshurun is an important, widely regarded synagogue in New York City. It will soon start officiating the weddings of couples who are of different faiths, one Jewish and the other not. The conditions...
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft opens first regulation-sized Jerusalem football stadium
The new Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem was inaugurated this week and made possible by a $6 million donation earlier this year by New England Patriots owner and five-time National Football League (NFL)...
Iran’s missile strike seen aimed at US, Israel
Fears that the Iranian nuclear agreement would pave the way for Iran to develop a missile program that threatens Israel, the U.S. and its allies came to fruition Sunday when Iran fired six missiles...
La etika djudiya (3)
Keridos amigos,
Mi emisyon de este djueves va ser la kontinuasyon i no el kavo de las dos otras ke empesi aze un mes, sovre la etika djudiya (liberala). Antes, meldo el manifesto eskrito en...
Deux rabbins nommés par le Pape à l’Académie Pontificale de la Vie
Pour la première fois, deux rabbins, l’un d’Israël et l’autre d’Argentine, ont été nommés par le pape pour siéger au sein de l’Académie Pontificale de Vie.
Il s’agit d’une institution indépendante siégeant au Vatican, fondée...
Hearing the unheard voices of Ethiopian Israelis
Too many Jews of my generation see Jewish people, as a whole, as being primarily privileged and white. However, there are plenty of Jewish groups, particularly within Israel, that do not have the privilege...
‘Devastating’ survey shows huge loss of Israel support among Jewish college students
More than a decade ago, a diverse focus group of Americans was asked to describe a typical Italian house. Words like “lush, food, cooking, maternal, welcoming” quickly rolled of the tongue. The same group...
Jewish life blooms in Boquete, Panama
Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border. Known for its abundant natural beauty, steady mountain climate, and...