Tag: Mikvah
Ritual bath dating to eve of Second Temple’s destruction uncovered near Temple Mount
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Wednesday that it had unearthed an ancient Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) dating back to the Late Second Temple period, or the first century C.E.
The ritual bath was...
Idaho to gets first ‘mikvah’ as part of $3.5 million Chabad construction project
A new $3.5 million construction project at Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho in Boise will include the state’s first Jewish ritual bath, also known as a mikvah, reported the local KTVB 7 news.
“This is a tremendous milestone that...
American Jewish University receives grants for cultural programs, including ‘mikvah’
American Jewish University (AJU) in Los Angeles announced that it has been awarded a total of $185,000 in grant funds from the Covenant Foundation, CANVAS and the National Center to Encourage Judaism.
The funding will...
Palestinians’ most dangerous enemy is … archaeology
Pundits will tell you that the most dangerous enemies of the Palestinian Arab cause are the Gulf kingdoms that have decided to recognize Israel, or the European countries that are moving their embassies to...
‘And your God will be my God’: For one Jewish convert, the wait is...
“I’m so thrilled to be a part of B’nai Israel and to have finally found my place with the Jewish people, after nearly 30 years of asking and searching.”
These are the first words Amy...
Cremation of Argentina’s Jewish coronavirus victim sparks concerns
The cremation by local authorities of Argentina’s first Jewish victim of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has stirred controversy among the country’s Jewish communities since the practice is forbidden under religious Jewish law.
Ruben Bercovich, 59, a...
Chabad of South Korea completing construction of first-ever mikvah
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Seoul, South Korea, are completing the first-ever mikvah built in the country.
Jewish women seeking ritual-bath services have thus far had to travel quite a distance—to China or Japan—to use a mikvah for Taharat Hamishpachah, or family...
Holy water: reclaiming an ancient Jewish ritual
"This is my first time at the mikvah with such short hair, " says Rachell Goldberg. "My hair started growing back after my chemo. Up top here is probably what, one inch long?"
Goldberg, 38,...