3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1216+ words) Friday, August 21st | 8 Elul 5786 At the end of the 19th century, the United States Post Office employed a remarkable woman whose work required detective instinct, linguistic brilliance, an encyclopedic knowledge of geography, and an almost supernatural ability to grasp what other people…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (701+ words) Wednesday, September 2nd | 20 Elul 5786 As pressure mounts across Europe to regulate — and in some countries potentially prohibit— Jewish ritual circumcision, Jewish organizations are launching a new medical training and certification center for mohelim, seeking to strengthen professional standards while safeguarding the…...

2+ week, 6+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (290+ words) Friday, September 4th | 22 Elul 5786 Repair the World, a nonprofit organization which specializes in training Jewish young adults for the hard work of confronting life beyond college, helps power the operation. Hillel says some 1,000 Jewish students have surveyed its courses and applied…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (540+ words) Thursday, September 10th | 28 Elul 5786 Spain’s Jewish community is turning to social media ahead of Rosh Hashanah to introduce the country’s wider public to Jewish culture, traditions, and religious practices, in an effort to foster greater understanding and counter a growing climate…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (292+ words) Thursday, August 20th | 7 Elul 5786 Academia in the regional south is boosting its reputation as a safe haven for Jewish students with Hillel International announcing last week the launch of its first ever undergraduate office for support and mentorship on the campus…...