Md. among states with primary on first day of Passover
Maryland is one of four states with presidential primaries that fall on the first day of Passover next year and legislation has been introduced...
Local pulpit rabbis on Israel: ‘We don’t give up on family’
A New York City rabbi recently made national headlines when he announced that, as an act of protest against extremists in the government of...
Growing number of young Jews turning to service to express their Jewish values
Janu Mendel, the Southeast regional director of Repair the World, tends to vegetation at a local community farm in Miami. (Courtesy of Repair the...
Maryland’s Jamie Raskin has cancer
Jamie Raskin, the Jewish Maryland Democrat who has been a lead investigator of former President Donald Trump’s alleged responsibility for the deadly Jan. 6,...
Anne Frank, Christian?
By Andrew Lapin
The Republican nominee for Congress in Texas’ 7th district is a self-proclaimed history buff, but his take on Anne Frank is not...
Did you enter a Jewish building, event or program this year?
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By Larry Luxner
When Jewish summer camps unexpectedly had to cancel their summer programs two years ago after the COVID-19 pandemic hit and before vaccines...
This expanding Jewish university is doing some unusual things
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By Stewart Ain
When New York granted university status last February to what had been known until this year as Touro College, it signaled a...
Nation | October 13, 2022
German synagogue reports shattered window during Yom Kippur services
A broken window interrupted the final moments of Yom Kippur services in Hanover, Germany, unsettling a...
Jewish NBA, WNBA owner cites ‘faith’ and ‘atonement’ in announcing decision to sell teams
Robert Sarver, the Jewish owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, announced on Sept. 21 that he will seek buyers for...
New Jewish project puts youth mental health crisis front and center
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By Stewart Ain
As the pandemic dragged on, the parents of D., a 15-year-old boy whose name is being withheld to preserve his privacy, grew...
