4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (865+ words) The United Kingdom, France and Canada will ban goods produced in the West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament on Tuesday, explaining that all such communities were deemed by his country…...

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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (522+ words) By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) — New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she felt a “deeply personal” commitment to protect Jews in a speech at Central Synagogue, where she is a member, in the aftermath of an attack during…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (454+ words) (JTA) — The man accused of disrupting Shabbat services at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue last week now faces federal hate crimes charges in addition to the state ones leveled against him immediately after the attack. “These charges serve as notice that the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (784+ words) (JTA) — Nearly four in 10 Jewish young adults say events affecting Jews in recent years have led them to pull back from Jewish spaces or become more selective about where they participate, with disagreements over how Israel and the Palestinians are…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (511+ words) (JTA) — A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit that had accused Harvard University of having “turned a blind eye” to Jewish and Israeli students, ending for now the most high-profile campus antisemitism case in the legal arena. The…...

1+ mon, 12+ 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…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (428+ words) (JTA) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a federal legislation Thursday in the House and Senate aimed at protecting houses of worship from disruptive demonstrations, following a series of protests outside of synagogues this year. The Right to Worship Act…...

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…...

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…...