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Turkey Set to Boost Diyanet Budget by Over 30% as Religious Agency Expands Influence Abroad
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (810+ words) Wednesday, September 9th | 27 Elul 5786 Turkey’s government is expected to allocate almost $5 billion to its controversial Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) next year, marking a substantial budget increase that has raised fresh concerns over the expanding power and influence of an agency whose…...
The Lesson That Parshat Nitzavim Has for Each of Us Today
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1007+ words) Friday, September 4th | 22 Elul 5786 Victor Lustig was born in 1890 in Arnau, today known as Hostinné, a small town in Bohemia. Later in life, he would introduce himself as a count whose dynasty had fallen on hard times – but this was total…...
France Tightens Security Around Jewish Sites Ahead of High Holy Days Amid Rising Antisemitic Threats
1+ week, 2+ day ago (331+ words) Thursday, September 3rd | 21 Elul 5786 France is ramping up security around synagogues and Jewish religious gatherings ahead of the High Holy Days, urging authorities nationwide to maintain “extreme vigilance” as Jews and Israelis continue to face an increasingly hostile climate marked by…...
Is Being Jewish an Ethnicity or a Religion? The Jesuit View
1+ week, 3+ day ago (348+ words) Wednesday, September 2nd | 20 Elul 5786 It was just reported that the California legislature passed a bill making it the first state to recognize Jewish identity as an ethnicity, as well as a religion. Proponents of the bill believe that the change will…...
How Subtle Language Delegitimizes the Jewish Connection to Israel
2+ week, 5+ day ago (293+ words) Monday, August 24th | 11 Elul 5786 This is language that was once limited to pro-Palestinian or Islamic media outlets. The usage of these loaded terms in mainstream reporting on the Temple Mount thus marks a significant shift. When the vocabulary used to describe…...
Shabbat Matot Masei: The Importance of Tribes and Leadership
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (454+ words) Thursday, July 9th | 24 Tammuz 5786 The two portions of the Torah this week concern the route that the Israelites took to reach their Promised Land. The parsha also contains laws about the 12 tribes, their land allocation, and how they should be governed…...
How Did Zoroastrianism Affect Judaism?
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (391+ words) Thursday, June 11th | 26 Sivan 5786 There is a well-known quote from the Prophet Isaiah: “God says: Who creates light and creates darkness: Who makes peace and creates evil: I am the Lord Who does all these things” (Isaiah 45:7). This appears in our…...
Children Don’t Absorb Jewish Life Automatically — They Need to Ask Questions
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (693+ words) Friday, June 5th | 20 Sivan 5786 In my work, I spend a great deal of time talking to students about being Jewish. And what I’ve noticed is that our community operates under a relatively simple assumption: Surround children with Jewish life, and they’ll…...
Remembering Abe Foxman: My Time with a Hero of the Jewish People
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (651+ words) Friday, May 15th | 28 Iyyar 5786 Hearing the news that Abe Foxman died last Sunday at the age of 86 triggered a slew of memories about the man now being memorialized as “one of the last great architects of postwar American Jewish public life....
Abraham Foxman, Former ADL Head and Advocate for American Jews, Dies at 86
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (623+ words) Monday, May 11th | 24 Iyyar 5786 Abraham H. Foxman, who was the national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died at the age of 86, the ADL announced in a statement on Sunday. The organization said it “deeply mourns the loss…...