For Jews with eating disorders, new traditions aim to make Yom Kippur a safer...
Shonna Levin is an Orthodox Jew, but she didn’t spend last Yom Kippur in a synagogue.
The activist in Brooklyn, N.Y., had planned to set...
Big shoes to fill: Marc Terrill to end tenure as Associated president
When Marc B. Terrill announced back in the late 1990s that he was leaving his fundraising management position at Combined Jewish Philanthropies after just...
After long search for new location, Bet Chaverim is finally home
Bet Chaverim Congregation has moved into a new building, an event they commemorated with a dedication and mezuzah ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 18.
Founded in...
World Briefs: ‘Camp Auschwitz’ Jan. 6 Rioter Was Wearing SS Shirt Underneath and more
Prosecutors: ‘Camp Auschwitz’ Jan. 6 Rioter Was Wearing SS Shirt Underneath
Robert Keith Packer’s sister asked people not to judge him by his cover, a...
High-schoolers as educational strategists? StandWithUs says: absolutely!
The international, nonpartisan education organization StandWithUs, which supports the State of Israel and battles antisemitism, announced the 2022-2023 cohort of students participating in its...
Funds 4 4Front: Jewish teen organization awarded new funding grant
Housed and managed by the JCC of Greater Baltimore, 4Front offers opportunities for Jewish teenagers to engage with their community. Thanks to recent funding...
Hazon and 20 Jewish organizations launch environmental coalition to fight climate change
Jewish groups are coming together, united by their hope for a better, cleaner future.
Twenty Jewish organizations have signed onto the Coalition Founding Statement, establishing...
Efforts to help Ukrainian refugees: Some families reunited, others still in flux
Ukrainian American Vladimir Besser, 41, traveled across a war zone to get his wife and son to safety during the early days of the...
Amid higher threat levels, Jewish communities lean on $130 million initiative to bolster security
Eric Berger | JTA
When Haya Varon relocated to Houston from Mexico City more than four decades ago, she felt like she was moving to...
Over 75,000 immigrants later, aliyah organization is about a lot more than charter flights
Larry Luxner | JTA
Erica Weintraub, 18, long had dreamed of immigrating to Israel and joining the Israel Defense Forces. Originally from Brooklyn, New York,...
