Ukrainian Jews Fleeing War Arrive In Israel In Time For Passover
With one week to go before Passover, 110 new Ukrainian immigrants landed in Israel on Tuesday morning.
Mansion of Missing Jewish Millionaire Philanthropist Bought
The luxurious Jerusalem mansion of Guma Aguiar, the Jewish millionaire who went missing mysteriously in 2012 and has since been declared dead, was sold to a Russian Jewish tycoon for 15 million shekels (nearly $4 million).
Fire Kills 7 Orthodox Jewish Children, Authorities Eye Shabbas Hot Plate, Lack Of Smoke Detectors
Midwood, NY – Seven siblings from a Syrian Orthodox Jewish family were killed early Saturday when a fire tore through their two-story Brooklyn home after they had gone to bed, a tragedy that authorities believe was caused by a malfunctioning hot plate left on during the Sabbath.
US Reform Jewish Rabbis Install 1st Openly Lesbian Leader
NEW YORK — As a rabbinic student in 1980s New York, Denise Eger lived away from other seminarians. She quietly started a group for fellow gay and lesbian students, but held the meetings in another borough.
Paris Kosher Market Reopens Two Months After Deadly Attack
The Paris kosher supermarket where four hostages were killed in January by an Islamist gunman reopened on Sunday morning to “show that life is stronger than barbarity,” supermarket officials and France’s interior minister said.
Haredi ‘Get Refuser’ Running For Knesset
Gila Yashar, an ultra-Orthodox woman who made headlines recently after being defined as a “get refuser” and handcuffed to a hospital bed, is taking significant steps towards independence these days by running for Knesset as part of a new party comprised of haredi women.
How Cuba’s Jews Kept Their Kosher Butcher Thanks To Castro
Just by coincidence, forty-eight hours after President Barack Obama announced a coming détente with Cuba, I was in Havana. And talking to a kosher butcher, of all people.
Jerusalem Supermarket Removes Modesty Sign
A sign calling on customers to dress modestly has been removed from a supermarket in Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood following residents’ complaints.
Orthodox Jewish Drag Queens: Joyfully Putting The Sin In Synagogue
This March, one of New York’s up-and-coming drag queens, Lady SinAGAGA, made her debut at Tina Burner’s Invasion, at the historic Stonewall Inn. She began the night in an elegant silk robe, then took it off to reveal a rather sexy bodysuit coupled with knee-high boots. The crowd cheered for her as she sang her…
From Hasidism to freedom: Singer Matisyahu unbound
NEW YORK – Matisyahu’s relationship to Judaism? It’s complicated.