Religion

How teenage teaching assistants play a crucial role at one New York City religious school

The TA program at the Upper East Side’s Temple Shaaray Tefila has been in place for years. Since Oct. 7, their duties have expanded to help young kids make sense of the Israel-Hamas war.

Ideas

For this I became a Jew? Yes, for exactly this I became a Jew.

A convert says recent antisemitic attacks have borne out the warnings she received.

Messianic and Episcopal communities mourn Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as their own

Inside the evolving faith lives of the Capital Jewish Museum shooting victims

The Torah was a gift — and ‘fair use’ is the very point of revelation

The rise of Yehuda Kaploun: How a Hasidic fixer became Trump’s nominee for antisemitism czar

Police raid homes of mohels in Antwerp, in investigation into possible illegal circumcisions

We don’t know much about Leo XIV and the Jews. But he could be just the pope for us.

Yeshiva University rescinds approval for LGBTQ+ student club

Pope Leo XIV addresses the world following his election. (Getty Images)

Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations

38% of American Jews believe in life after death, study finds

Sections

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox