“Jewish Matchmaking” follows Aleeza Ben Shalom, a top Jewish matchmaker as she helps her clients meet their bashert, or soulmate. (Netflix via JTA.org) According to Jewish lore, God has been making ...
The president of Stanford University, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, apologized Wednesday after a campus task force found that the university strictly limited the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s.
William and Malya Levin run the Alliance Community Reboot in Salem County, New Jersey. (Photo by Ahron Moeller) In our modern capitalist society, Jewish farmers can’t really observe the shmita year — ...
At this time of the year, the portions we read from the Torah center on the uniqueness of the Israelites by emphasizing God’s hopes for them and reiterating the specific practices they have been ...
Jacob Feldon needs a deer hide. He’s been working with an area hunter to get it, with hopes of thinning it into parchment. Feldon, an incoming senior at Logan High School, also will need handmade ink, ...
Radiant Practices: Illuminating Jewish Traditions traces the foundational role of light in Jewish life and ritual, both historically and today. Journey through a collection of Jewish ritual objects, ...
Theologian Edward Kessler, in his 2005 book A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations, defines Messianic Judaism as a religious movement consisting of both Jews and non-Jews who follow traditional ...
Netflix’s ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ aims to get Orthodoxy right — and introduce its dating practices to a diverse set of Jews. (JTA) — According to Jewish lore, God has been making matches since the ...