Despite it being the fourth Purim amidst the war, the Jews of Kharkov celebrated Purim in style, with hundreds of people of ...

But beyond the grief, a painful realization struck: Kfir and Ariel will never have the chance to put on tefillin, a sacred milestone for Jewish boys as they reach bar mitzvah age. In response ...

The 600 members of the Palm Beach Synagogue wanted to help Israeli hostages who were released last month as part of a ceasefire abroad. The synagogue’s members pulled together $750,000 in a week, they ...

Montana Tucker, Dan Ahdoot, Zach Sage Fox, John Ondrasik and Judea Pearl were among those who spoke at the StandWithUs ...

The Purim story begins about 900 years after the Exodus from Egypt, in what is now Iran, history repeats itself. The Jews had been living in Israel continually, since they first entered with Joshua.

In a message Murphy sent to Cantor Michael Zoosman, a former prison chaplain who runs L’Chaim, a Jewish anti-death penalty group, Murphy said the back-and-forth on what will happen to him is ...

Emissaries of the Chabad Hasidic movement roved around the crowd, seeking men who could put on tefillin, the prayer article worn daily by many observant Jews. A man sold Israeli flags ($10 each ...

Once school dismisses at the Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Abraham “Abi” Zablow can often be found most afternoons outside ...

Police in Casa Grande arrested and charged Everardo Gregorio with setting fire to Congregation Khal Chasidim, a Jewish ...

Ryan Lavarnway started playing baseball when he was 5 years old, attended Yale University, where he set National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records for batting and slugging percentages, wo ...

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