Jewish Religion

Over a million Jews worldwide gear up for ‘Shabbat Project’

A kosher Shabbat dinner at a backpacker”s lodge in Dalat, Vietnam a 9,000 women-strong challah-baking event in Buenos Aires a glow-in-the-dark challah event in Costa Rica a binational gathering on the Mexican-US border a dinner for 1,000 Israelis in a shipping hanger in Tel Aviv and a Shabbat kept in full on the slopes of […]

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Haredi billionaire: Open Orthodox members are ‘fake Jews’

One of the haredi world”s most prominent businessmen and a prolific philanthropist, Shlomo Rechnitz, explained his opposition to liberal religious movements, including “Open Orthodoxy”, during a gathering at the Mir Yeshiva during the Sukkot holiday. The term “Open Orthodoxy” was popularized by Rabbi Avi Weiss, founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, to promote “greater inclusivity” in

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Jewish Religion

Thousands of Israel supporters throng Jerusalem for Sukkot march

Tens of thousands of people from Israel and around the world marched in Jerusalem on Tuesday to mark the Jewish festival of Sukkot. The Jerusalem March, which each year is attended by thousands of pro-Israel supporters, passed through the heart of the capital, leading to road closures and snarling traffic. Get The Times of Israel’s

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Menasce Synagogue on Heritage List

Alexandria’s Menasce Synagogue has been placed on Egypt’s Heritage List, reports Nevine El-Aref Alexandria’s Menasce Synagogue The Menasce Synagogue is located in Mansheya Square in central Alexandria, its simple architectural style and façade being complemented by decorated arcaded widows. This week, more than 100 years after it was built, the synagogue has been added to

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin to step down from education network he founded

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin will step down from running the network of liberal Orthodox schools and seminaries he founded. The Israeli-American leader will retire in July 2018 as chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone, a network of educational institutions that has pushed the limits of traditional Jewish law to be more inclusive of women and converts. Rabbi

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Swiss lawmaker quits after comparing pigs to Auschwitz victims

A Swiss lawmaker resigned after comparing the transportation of pigs for farming to the transportation of prisoners to Auschwitz. “The (Nazi) deportees had only a slight chance to survive. As for the pigs, they are condemned to certain death,” Swiss Green Party lawmaker Jonas Fricker said on Thursday during a debate in the National Council,

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International, Jewish Religion

Creative students design, build JFS sukkah

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The temporary structures, or sukkahs, in which Jews celebrate the holiday of Sukkot typically are thrown up by Jewish families or congregations to partake in celebratory communal meals and to welcome strangers to our community. However, the sukkah just recently built at the Jewish Family Service (JFS) campus

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Pence to Jews: May you be inscribed in the Book of Life

US Vice President Mike Pence blessed the Jewish people in honor of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). “On this holiest of Jewish days, may our Jewish friends be granted a Yom Kippur of atonement, forgiveness and inscription in the Book of Life,” Pence tweeted. US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka tweeted, “Wishing everyone an

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Jewish Religion, USA

Bnei Brak threatens to cancel rail project over Yom Kippur work

The Bnei Brak municipality has threatened to cancel the Tel Aviv light-rail train project if work on the route takes place on the Yom Kippur holiday as planned. NTA Ltd, which has been contracted to build the Tel-Aviv light rail, first informed the Bnei Brak Municipality that they would be carrying out underground drilling work

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Rabbi Joshua Haberman, champion of adult Jewish education, dies at 98

Rabbi Joshua Haberman, rabbi emeritus of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and founder of the Foundation for Jewish Studies, died this week at 98. Haberman, who represented the Jewish community during the memorial service for the victims of 9/11 held at the National Cathedral, died Sunday at his home in Washington, DC, following a rabbinic career

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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, USA