Orthodox Union’s new project says women don’t need to be rabbis to be leaders
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Union is founding its own division to advance women as congregational leaders, as well as to…
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Kanafeh Cheesecake Recipe
By Tracey Fine and Georgia Tarn (The Nosher via JTA) — This cheesecake recipe was inspired by new and old flavors and our love of…
Oct. 24 in Edmonton: The gold medal athlete who came back from the dead
(October 2017) – Israel would neither have been founded nor have lasted without the super-human contributions of many individuals: men and women, intellectuals and politicians,…
Holocaust survivors’ stories made available online
(October 2017) – A new online portal at Lund University in Sweden makes a unique archive containing first-hand accounts from Nazi concentration camp survivors freely…
Conservative movement doubles down on intermarriage and its rabbis ask why
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — “It doesn’t help.” “I don’t know how it happened or why it happened.” “The most common response I’m…