Bolton Street Synagogue celebrates 36 years in operation
On June 10, Bolton Street Synagogue held a service to commemorate its 36th anniversary. As congregants watched, the Torah was passed from one former...
A summer of fun imbued with Jewish values
When 4-year-old Ezra Yahr came home from his first day at Beth Tfiloh Day Camp, the first words out of his mouth even before...
Employee stabbed at Max’s Kosher Cafe in stable condition
An employee of Max’s Kosher Cafe in Wheaton is still hospitalized but in stable condition after he was stabbed during an altercation outside the...
Reconstructionist synagogues partner for Tisha B’Av service
By Ellen Braunstein
Columbia Jewish Congregation has organized a joint service with other Reconstructionist synagogues to commemorate the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, Tisha...
New initiative set to bring world of Jewish retreating closer together
The world of Jewish retreating can expect to become a more collaborative field with the announcement of Retreat Jewish, a new initiative announced by...
Baltimoreans share how they learned of unknown Jewish heritage
It wasn’t until Robert Sloane — now 80 and a retired Spanish professor — was about to get married at 22 that he found...
Tourists are headed back to Israel: Here’s your travel guide for the Jewish state
Fran Kritz | Special to JT
Israel officially began welcoming tourists back in November after a year-and-a-half-long travel pause for leisure travelers. Now, with summer...
In shadow of a global crisis, Limmud FSU conference serves as welcome Jewish ‘Recharge’...
By Larry Luxner
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — On Feb. 22, only two days before the start of the war in Ukraine, Kyiv Jewish leader Gennadiy Beloritsky...
‘It’s my happy place’: Jewish camp experience for adults brings out the child in...
By Caroline Kessler
“What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘sex’?” Claire Perelman asks the men and women in their...
At Polish clinic for Ukraine refugees, Hadassah’s doctors dispense medicine and expertise
By Larry Luxner
After Russian shelling intensified last month and a rocket exploded close to the Zhytomyr home of Nina, 76, she fled for Ukraine’s...
