Rivka Lazar, daughter of the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar, and Sholom Wolf, son of the Chief Rabbi of Odessa and Southern Ukraine Avraham Wolf, got married yesterday in DCity, near Maaleh Adumim, ...

While we welcome the Gaza ceasefire agreement, this development must not serve as a pretext for the EU to resume business as usual with Israel or deepen its bilateral relationship. On the contrary, ...

The name Kook may prompt a game of Jewish geography: “Any relation to Abraham Isaac Kook, first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel?” Indeed, Hillel was his nephew. Not a philosopher and mystic ...

Shrem’s unique musical talents quickly earned him the right to serve as the chief chazzan at some of the most central and well-known Syrian shuls in the city: at Magen David and then Bnei Yosef.

Israel completed its withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor on Sunday, a militarized zone that splits Gaza in half, as part of its commitments under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Hundreds of ...

"Because Dr. Abu Safiya is like a symbol of resistance, and Israel doesn’t like that. They want to cut the head of all resistance of the Palestinian people.” She emphasized that Abu Safiya is ...

BUDAPEST (JTA) — Tamas Raj, a charismatic retired chief rabbi and one of Hungary’s top intellectuals, has died. Raj, who worked to reduce the persistent misunderstandings that divide the ...

In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 Gallant confirmed giving the order in certain areas. “I think that, tactically, in some places, it was given, and in other places, it was not given ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages ...

A Social Security award letter is the document used to notify you that your application for Social Security benefits has been approved and you will receive payments. The Social Security ...

CAIRO (AP) — Famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations humanitarian chief ... agreement, Israel said it would ...

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg of Masorti Judaism UK is likely the highest-profile European Jewish leader to express misgivings about Israel’s war in Gaza. (JTA) — The head rabbi of Britain’s ...