What You Need to Know About the Hanukkah Story
By Lesli Koppelman Ross (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – In 168 BCE, the ruler of the Syrian kingdom, Antiochus Epiphanes IV, stepped up his…
Religion
Op/ Ed: There is no religious excuse for not vaccinating your kids
By Alan Kadish and Edward C. Halperin NEW YORK (JTA) — Opposition to vaccination on political and religious grounds has been swaying parents across the…
Chabad of Edmonton honours Leah Goldford and Clarice Switzer
(EJNews) – Leah Goldford and Clarice Haika Switzer were honoured last month at a Chabad of Edmonton, Crown of Creation Women’s Gala held at the…
How a rabbi saved 4 Torah scrolls from being destroyed in the California wildfires
By Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — The death toll and damage continue to rise in California in the wildfires ravaging the state. More than 6,400 homes…
Deborah Lipstadt wrote a book on anti-Semitism. Then Pittsburgh happened.
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — The advance copies of Deborah Lipstadt’s new book, “Antisemitism Here and Now,” display a cover photo of white…