Josh Shapiro’s new memoir puts his Jewish identity at the center of his political vision

Where We Keep the Light” is ultimately a testament from a Jewish public figure confident that his Jewishness is not an ...
BelTA

Ancient Jewish marriage contract signing ceremony held at Volozhin Yeshiva

An ancient Jewish ceremony, the signing of the marriage contract, known as the ketubah, took place at the Volozhin Yeshiva.
Opinion

York’s Rabbi Alexander Goode helped pioneer interfaith Boy Scout troop

The York Lodge of B’nai B’rith applied for a Scouts charter early in 1941, with Ben Lavetan, president of the organization, signing the application and Goode serving as one of those in support of the ...
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

‘He made me who I am:’ Rabbi B. Charles Herring remembered for a lifetime of teaching

Rabbi B. Charles Herring told Jewish News in 2013, “To grow with a family through its generations is ... wonderful for a ...

A love that remembers: Man with Alzheimer’s falls in love with his wife all over again, proposes after 39 years of marriage

Imagine looking into your soulmate's eyes after nearly four decades of being married, only to hear him whisper, \"Will you ...

Comforting to know my son will keep telling my story – Holocaust survivor

A Holocaust survivor who hid in a cellar to escape persecution said it was comforting to know his son would continue to tell his story. Paul Sved, 87, was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, ...
Boston Magazine

A Jewish and Caribbean Fusion Wedding with Stilt Performers and a Chuppah

It was a college concert Connecticut with a group of mutual friends that made the stars align for Hope Cooper and Robert Celado. “We didn’t really separate after that,” Hope says. The couple, who are ...
CNN

Analysis: What the Jewish community needs most in its time of distress

Public displays of Jewish worship have become hunting grounds. The deadly attack on the Sydney Jewish community at Bondi Beach this weekend, where people were gathering for a Hanukkah celebration, ...
CNN

As Jews celebrate Hanukkah, America’s Jewish community is on edge in wake of antisemitic attack in Australia

Members of the Jewish community across the world woke up Sunday to yet another fatal attack — something that has become all too common for those of the faith. The attack Sunday on Sydney’s Bondi Beach ...
The New York Times

We Had Never Touched. Then Came Our Wedding Night.

Ms. Elitzur is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker. She interviewed members of her community on how they navigate the first night as bride and groom. Marriages among the ultra-Orthodox sometimes happen ...
The Jewish Exponent

Harrisburg Diocese Condemns Auschwitz Gates in Catholic School’s Halloween Float

The Hanover Halloween Parade featured a float with a lookalike of the sign at the main entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. (Screenshot) Catholic leaders in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ...
WGAL

Bishop Timothy C. Senior, local Jewish organizations respond to Halloween float with Nazi imagery

MONDAY FOR THE STRIKE. AND IN YORK COUNTY, HANOVER RESIDENTS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE RESPONDING AFTER A REPLICA OF THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP GATE APPEARED ON A HALLOWEEN PARADE FLOAT FROM ...