Pictures of Vivian Balakrishnan being welcomed by a group of Zionist rabbis have reignited debate on the city-state's deep ...

A Rabbi and his son who confessed to damaging an offensive mural in Milwaukee's Harambe neighborhood were sentenced on March 25 at a hearing during which tensions ran high over the Israel-Hamas war.

Growing up in the tightly knit Jewish community of Northwest Baltimore in the 1950s and ’60s, I never asked why I was a Jew. I simply was a Jew. But what kind of a Jew, with my waning attachment to ...

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Arnie Rotenberg, director of congregational Jewish services, center, stands next Rabbi Matt Cutler and Shae Fitzgerald, cantorial vocalist for the family service, as he blows the shofar during a ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WNYT)- A man from Troy is facing felony charges for allegedly threatening a local rabbi, members of the Jewish community and the president. Rabbi Matt Cutler said he was targeted by ...

The Senate has kicked off extended debate on the “SAVE America Act” — one of President Donald Trump’s top legislative priorities. Lawmakers voted to begin consideration of the bill that would require ...

The former program director at Congregation Emanu El is crediting his time and training in Houston with helping him and others get through the attack at Temple Israel in Michigan. "Every time you have ...

Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel says the attack at his synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday "could have been a far worse tragedy," and he credits the staff's security training for ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., students, faculty, and community members gathered in 110 O’Dowd Hall for Civil Discourse and Antisemitism: Addressing the Oldest Hatred in 2026, an event ...

An Orthodox Jewish rabbi who was accused in a lawsuit of repeatedly sexually assaulting his high school roommate years ago while attending an East Coast boarding school is now a teacher at a Jewish ...