Jewish Jamboree: Three Scouts celebrate bar mitzvahs among friends
The 2023 National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America ended on July 28 after 10 activity-packed days at the high adventure Summit Brechtel Family Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, W.V.
Contingents of more than 12,500...
‘Masa Engine’ connects Diaspora Jews to Israeli startups
Masa Israel Journey on Monday launched the "Masa Engine," a first-of-its-kind job search site designed for the organization's alumni who are seeking positions in Jewish nonprofits and Israeli high-tech companies.
Companies with job postings on...
New York Boulders ‘Jewish Heritage Day’ draws hundreds of baseball fans
The New York Boulders defeated the Evansville Otters 7-5 in an independent Frontier League baseball game on July 30 at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y. It was a double win for Boulders left-fielder David Vinsky,...
Jews and Muslims gather to mark 28th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide
The Conference on Collective Memory, an initiative supported by the World Jewish Congress and other nonprofit groups, hosted an event earlier this month at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It drew thousands of...
AI takes center stage at women’s hackathon in Jerusalem
Road safety, traffic flow and drone-detection solutions took the top prizes as a group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s...
Shabbat goes global in new cookbook
While Shabbat comes every week and never ceases to bring Jewish families rest across the globe, it’s always exciting to be told that Friday nights could gain a new spice and flavor. This is...
Trump’s granddaughter celebrates her bat mitzvah
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s granddaughter celebrated her bat mitzvah over the weekend, her mother announced on Tuesday.
Arabella Rose Kushner, the eldest child of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, marked her bat mitzvah—the coming-of-age...
Popular Instructor Says Judaism and Yoga are Complementary
As a yoga instructor, Jackie Gadd really gets around. Every day of the week she teaches somewhere in the county. On Sundays, she is at the Copley YMCA. On Mondays, at the Bonita Library;...
Conservative movement to train doctors in ritual circumcision
Two institutions of the Conservative movement—the Rabbinical Assembly and Jewish Theological Seminary—announced that they will offer “comprehensive training” on brit milah to medical professionals who perform non-religious circumcisions.
“Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the ceremony,...
Remains of the day: Cheese, in all its glorious forms
According to tradition, Shavuot—the two-day holiday that begins on the eve of the evening of May 25, the sixth day of the Jewish month of Sivan—marks the Israelites’ receiving of the Ten Commandments at...