New traditions make Yom Kippur safer for Jews with eating disorders
By Ella Rockart
Shonna Levin is an Orthodox Jew, but this year, she wasn’t planning on spending Yom Kippur in a synagogue.
The Brooklyn activist had...
Shemini Atzeret, explained
By Sasha Rogelberg and Selah Maya Zighelboim
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment used in quantum mechanics that — without getting into the hairy details...
Architects design string sukkah for public art installation
Esther Furman’s favorite part of Sukkah City x DC has been seeing attendees interact with the unique sukkah she built.
Furman, a Pikesville native, is...
Communal leaders reject comparing the unvaccinated to Holocaust victims
By Jesse Berman and Ben Sales
Last month, Francois Amalega Bitondo was standing on a Montreal street, megaphone and cellphone in hand, protesting against COVID-19...
Kneseth Israel welcomes first full-time rabbi in five years
Five years is a long time for a synagogue to go without a rabbi, but with the arrival of Rabbi/Cantor David Sislen, that is...
Plan to attack German synagogue on Yom Kippur was foiled, police say
By Toby Axelrod
German police said they thwarted a planned Islamist attack on a synagogue in Hagen on Yom Kippur after receiving a tip from...
Rabbi Shais Rishon, also known as MaNishtana, headlines Na’aleh symposium
Na’aleh: The Hub for Leadership Learning, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, held its third Annual Shoshana S. Cardin Leadership Symposium...
National Museum of American Jewish History emerges from bankruptcy
By Sasha Rogelberg
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2020, the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia is emerging from bankruptcy...
Chabad of Park Heights celebrates arrival of new Torah scroll
Chabad of Park Heights recently welcomed a new Torah scroll. The Chabad celebrated the new addition on Aug. 26, when congregants paraded with the...
Event to highlight Israeli nonprofit work in Africa
Can Israeli technology make a difference in the lives of people in Africa?
Attendees of an upcoming Zoom webinar will have the chance to find...