FLORIDA (JNS) – A Florida-based program aimed at reconnecting Jewish people to the ocean and empowering them to help keep the sea clean is attracting attention from communities around the United States and even in Israel. On Rosh Hashanah, Jews throw bread in the water to symbolically cleanse themselves of their sins. The “Reverse Tashlich” […]

Tens of thousands of Jews from around the world have arrived in Uman, Ukraine to spend Rosh Hashanah near the tomb of spiritual leader Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. The two-day holiday begins on the evening of September 29 and ends on sundown on October 1. The mass pilgrimage is an annual tradition that began after […]

New York (JNS) – Human instinct may be to swat, run away or do a frantic little dance to avoid contact with bees, but like most small living creatures, they have more to fear from us than we them. In fact, they have much to lose; it’s true that when a worker bee—the ones people […]

SAN DIEGO (JNS) – When students returned to the San Diego Jewish Academy just a few weeks ago, they were greeted not only by new teachers, but new classmates as well. “For the coming school year, we have a total of 600 to 625 students—a significant increase over last year,” said head of school Chaim […]

“It’s a great development as she will have to answer very specifically what about my critical tweets crossed a line,” said Hikind During the two-hour hearing today held in federal court, Dov Hikind testified about the nature of his tweets that led to him being blocked by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. He asserted his right to access […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The speaker of Wisconsin’s Assembly wants the governor to cancel a special election primary that falls on Dec. 30, the last day of Hanukkah. Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican, “respectfully demanded” that Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, move the date. “It is unnecessary to require Wisconsinites to exercise their civic duty to […]

VENICE (JNS) – Italy is facing renewed backlash for allowing the continued sale of wine bottles that feature Adolf Hitler’s face and Nazi slogans on its labels. The controversial wine bottles, produced by Italian winemaker Vina Lunardelli as part of a “Historical Series,” features Nazi slogans, and pictures of Hitler and notorious SS members, such […]

PITTSBURGH (AP)  There will be some differences — and some constants — over the coming days as the New Light congregation observes Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, for the first time since three of its members were among 11 Jews killed by a gunman nearly a year ago at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The man […]

(JTA) — The Yeshiva University student councils reinstated a group that had lost its official status on campus after organizing a protest march connected to gay rights. The councils on Thursday decided on the reinstatement of the College Democrats club days after refusing to renew recognition of the club, the Forward reported. The club saw […]

The Orthodox Union, the Coalition for Jewish Values, Chabad-Lubavitch, the Union for Reform Judaism and the National Council of Young Israel had representatives on the call. Amid the divide between the Trump administration and left-wing Jewish religious organizations, at least a few major ones participated in the annual call ahead of Rosh Hashanah between rabbis […]