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Meet the only Jewish president of a Catholic university
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1472+ words) By Hannah Feuer August 26, 2026 But in 2023, Greg Weiner became president of both Assumption University, a Catholic college in Worcester, Mass., and Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue in the area. Weiner’s inauguration in March of that year made him the…...
A Jewish federation had big plans for a community campus. Then the money ran out.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1529+ words) The Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life in Harissburg, Pennsylvania. (Google Streetview) (JTA) — When the Jewish federation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, laid off its entire support staff earlier this month, the move didn’t come as a surprise. Instead, it felt like…...
Jack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 89
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (1230+ words) In a five decade career, Jack Ukeles offered policy research, planning and management for a range of secular and Jewish non-profits. (Courtesy) (JTA) — Throughout a storied career of more than five decades that included key roles in teaching courses at…...
From fake burps to reverse tashlich, new children’s books bring the High Holidays to life
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (709+ words) (JTA) — A bumper crop of new kids’ books about the High Holidays is hitting shelves in 2026, surprising close observers of Jewish children’s literature. “It is unusual for multiple Sukkot books to be published in the same year, especially of consistently…...
Orthodox Jews are scootering to synagogue. Will Shabbat ever be the same?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1593+ words) By Louis Keene August 6, 2026 LOS ANGELES – For thousands of years, the Jews have walked. Dispatched by God to the promised land of Canaan, Abraham walked. When the Israelites became a nation in the desert, they camped, kvetched, warred, and worshiped,…...
Quietly sold by Jewish library, letter by famed 18th-century rabbi surfaces at auction, fetching $400,000
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (723+ words) By Asaf Elia-Shalev February 19, 2026 (JTA) — A decade ago, amid a financial crisis, the Jewish Theological Seminary turned to its assets, selling real estate as well as rare books from its world-renowned library. The book sales were private, and the institution…...
Archaeologists uncover treasures of Vilnius’ Great Synagogue as Jews dispute its future
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1047+ words) By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) — VILNIUS, Lithuania — Archaeologists have uncovered the full floor of Lithuania’s historic Great Synagogue, revealing treasures nearly erased by Nazi and Soviet occupations — and exposing rifts between Lithuanian Jews over how to preserve and interpret what…...
The Met's plan to honor designer John Galliano puts Jewish ideas of repentance to the test
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1112+ words) By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 4, 2026 (JTA) — Before the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would honor fashion designer John Galliano with a major Costume Institute exhibition next spring, the museum convened at least two unusual meetings: a face-to-face with Galliano…...
As Conservative rabbis, we’re rethinking our communities’ policies toward interfaith families
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (635+ words) An inscription above an entrance to a synagogue welcomes worshippers with the words, “Blessed are those who come in the name of God.” (Harvey Barrison/Wikimedia Commons) By Rabbi Pamela Barmash, Rabbi Emily Barton (JTA) — As Conservative/Masorti rabbis, we…...
The most Jewish room in Fremont, Ohio, is in a county history museum
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1241+ words) Children put on a Purim show, circa 1953, at Temple Beth Israel in Fremont, Ohio. Courtesy of Temple Beth Israel By Austin Albanese July 29, 2026 Beneath a mahogany staircase inside the Sandusky County Historical Society hangs a memorial plaque in a place…...