How Tisha b’Av can help us understand the refugee experience
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — For many Jews, Tisha b’Av is centered around mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. But…
Religion
Why are there no women on the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’?
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – The Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s so-called “blacklist” of Diaspora rabbis runs the denominational gamut. The rabbis on the list,…
6 reasons why Macron’s speech about the Holocaust in France was groundbreaking
By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA) — It wasn’t the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation’s Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron’s speech Sunday July 16 was…
These rabbis have no idea why they’re on the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — In 2012, Rabbi Jason Herman wrote a letter to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate certifying that a friend of his…
Chief Rabbinate says list of rabbis is not a blacklist
By Ben Sales (JTA) — The Israeli Chief Rabbinate says that its list of foreign rabbis has been misconstrued, and that the list does not…