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Facing Rising Antisemitism, Spain’s Jews Bring Jewish Life to the Public
2+ day, 14+ 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…...
Rosh Hashanah 2026: New Years and Signs
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (334+ words) Thursday, September 10th | 28 Elul 5786 Rosh Hashanah is the most multifaceted of our festivals. The Torah itself doesn’t call it a New Year or Chag (festival). It is simply called Yom Hazikaron, the Day of Remembrance. But we’re not told who is…...
Turkey Set to Boost Diyanet Budget by Over 30% as Religious Agency Expands Influence Abroad
3+ day, 16+ 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…...
A Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed, 2026
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (379+ words) Wednesday, September 9th | 27 Elul 5786 Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year of 5787, will be launched at a timeof severe social polarization – underscoring personal accountability and additional critical values: Rosh Hashanah initiates a wake-up call of 10 days of self-examination and repentance, which are…...
Hillel International, Repair the World Expand Popular Fellowship for Jewish and Non-Jewish Students
1+ week, 1+ 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…...
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…...
Jewish Groups Launch First-of-Its-Kind European Center for Medical Training, Certification of Mohels
1+ week, 3+ 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…...
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…...
To the Jewish College Freshmen — and the Mothers Watching the News
1+ week, 4+ day ago (430+ words) Tuesday, September 1st | 19 Elul 5786 As another class of Jewish students arrives on campus this fall, I will not pretend nothing has changed, but I will not tell you everything has. Your first week of college will be a blur of new…...