Tag: Judaism
Dual loyalty?
How long have we been the “wandering Jews?” I imagine ever since Abraham, the very first Jew. His travels and travails are recounted in the Bible for all to see and our sages taught...
The hostages found faith in the dark, reigniting global Jewish pride
Before Oct. 7, 2023, Israel was deeply divided. Streets filled with protests, families were fractured over politics, and the sense of shared destiny, the glue that once bound the Jewish people, felt as if...
‘Kosher Barbie’: Winning over hearts and minds in NYC
Raised in a Hasidic home in Jerusalem, Ayelet Raymond was taught that women's beauty should be concealed “like a precious diamond kept inside its box.”
Life, she explained, centered on good deeds and prayer, with...
Rabbi Berel Wein: Recalling his Zionist opposition to the two-state nightmare
“The more I read and study Jewish history, the clearer it becomes that there is an Author and Planner, Who guides Israel to its destiny.”
— Rabbi Berel Wein (October 1990)
Rabbi Berel Wein, a Chicago-born pulpit...
Tisha B’Av 5785: Still, we rise
We fast. We mourn. We chant Eicha, the book of Lamentations.
We sit low to the ground and dwell in the dust of our people’s tragedies, reciting the litany of loss that has shaped the Jewish...
Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, may have converted to Judaism
The third-century Palmyra queen Zenobia, who ruled in present-day Syria from about 267 or 268 to 272, stands on a dais among her soldiers in Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s c. 1725-1730 painting in the collection of Washington’s...
Jews arrested in Iran released after round-up by regime security forces, sources say
All 14 Jews the Iranian regime arrested have been released, Iranian opposition activists and journalists told JNS, after news reports last week that the Islamic Republic arrested some 600 people across the country after...
Faith under fire
It’s one of the most frequently asked questions in every serious school of thought. It is a classic that rabbis, philosophers and ethicists alike have grappled with over the centuries. There isn’t even a yeshivah...
Global Jewish population grew by just under a million from 2010 to 2020, Pew...
The worldwide Jewish population grew by 870,000 in the decade from 2010 to 2020, according to the Pew Research Center’s global religion survey released on Monday.
The analysis of worldwide religious trends looked at self-reported religious belief,...
What to do when Passover Eve falls on Shabbat?
Passover Eve falling on Shabbat is a rare occurrence, even in the days when months were sanctified by sighting the new moon. Years could pass without it happening. Even today, with our fixed calendar system,...