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It’s time to talk about Purim’s unsettling message about conversion
Purim is meant to be loud: a holiday for drinking, dressing up, yelling and retelling a story of miraculous survival. Which ...
Ari and Lauren Douglas’ wedding had many of the hallmarks of a traditional Jewish ceremony. The couple stood under a traditional covering called a chuppah, as a cantor recited a series of blessings.
A prominent cantor was dismissed from her synagogue after publishing a column titled, “Why the increasing number of converts is a problem for Judaism.” BERLIN (JTA) – Jews in Germany have been shaken ...
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. (JTA) — During the pandemic, ...
Fred Cook, by his own admission, is a man in search of an identity. From his teenage years through his early 30s, he filled that void with neo-Nazism. But over the past decade, he has grown to fill it ...
Many Americans have lost faith in organized religion, yet according to recent data, they still love the Bible. As of September 2025, Bible sales were up 11% this year over 2024, part of a continuing ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This 2021 photo provided by Haim Parag shows David Ben-Avraham at a supermarket in the Israeli town of Beit Shamesh, where he ...
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