Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, founder of one of the largest Reform congregations in the country,...
Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, who founded Los Angeles' Stephen Wise Temple, one of the largest synagogues in the country, has died at age 97.
Zeldin died peacefully Friday night at his home in Palm Desert surrounded...
Pittsburgh’s Jewish Population On The Rise, Study Says
The first comprehensive study of Pittsburgh's Jewish community in 16 years indicates the city's Jewish population has increased and is more residentially diverse than it was in 2002.
The Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh analysis also...
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Remembering Don Peretz, Jewish scholar of Palestinian refugees (1922-2017)
Dr. Don Peretz, a leading scholar of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian refugees at SUNY-Binghamton and a Jewish peace activist, died on April 29, 2017 in Mitchellville, Md. He was 94.
Long before the Israeli...
The Gathering at the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies Leads To An Unexpected Discovery
This year's meeting of the Society for crypto-Judaic Studies took place at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia on November 5-7, and featured a odiverse gathering of traditional and independent scholars, researchers, and...
Atlanta Jewish Music Festival features Cohn, others
One of Atlanta’s premier international musical events, the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, returns for its ninth year with a diverse musical lineup curated to please audiences of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations, including Jews...
World ORT bids a fond farewell to Shmuel Sisso
The former mayor of Kiryat Yam is returning to Israel where he has been appointed by the Ministry of the Interior as mayor of Tel Mond, near Netanya. Mr Sisso’s task is to restore...
Hebrew school curriculum celebrates diversity of Jewish Culture
Hebrew teacher Chana Zinstein, of Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley, recently developed a new curriculum that explores the similarities and differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazi holiday minhagim, and how Jews from both Israel and...
New Jewish youth center honors respected community leader
San Antonio’s Congregation Agudas Achim broke ground Sunday on a new youth center to provide a place for area teens to gather and socialize.
The Kavy Youth Center is named in honor of Cary Kavy, who died...
James Caan, best known for role of Sonny in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82
Santino (“Sonny”) Corleone was a hot head whose life ended in a hail of bullets.
James Caan, the Jewish actor who played the iconic role in “The Godfather,” lived much longer than that, though was...