For Jewish groups in Women’s March, many causes to fight for and a long road ahead
By Ben Sales (JTA) — One Jewish group that joined the Women’s March on Washington has seen its online donations double since the election of…
Religion
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and the halacha police
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, attended the Inauguration Day service Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at St. John’s Episcopal…
Israel’s chief rabbis embrace friendlier approach to marriage, but is it enough?
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Many Israelis feel alienated by the marriage process in their country, fed up with the bureaucracy and strict religious requirements. Some seek to reform…
Why I light my menorah in the window — and you should, too
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of…
Size matters: How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed two rabbis in Jewish court
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest…