Religion

Some Jewish musicians are asking Jewish critics of Israel to stop singing their songs at protests

“I cannot condone that organization using my song officially,” Shoshana Jedwab said about IfNotNow.

30 days after Oct. 7, a Jewish world wracked by grief is marking a traditional milestone of mourning

Shloshim ceremonies are complicated by the fact that the communal loss does not line up with the timelines of many of the families of those who died.

Some Jews are taking down their mezuzahs due to antisemitism. Some non-Jews are putting them up.

“To me it felt like the precursor to ‘We’ll hide you when you’re in our attic,'” one Los Angeles Jew said about his neighbors’ offer to mount their own mezuzahs.

These Bronx 8th-graders traveled 4 hours to pay a shiva call to the family of 2 Israelis murdered by Hamas

How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead? These rabbis did it.

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

Rabbis Ari Hart and Hody Nemes with the imam of the mosque where 6-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume's funeral was held. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)

Chicago rabbis attend funeral of Palestinian-American child killed in alleged Islamophobic hate crime

Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime

Pope Francis, seen at a Holy Mass in Vatican City in June 2019. (Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

Taking up ancient ritual for times of distress, Jews are fasting in response to attack on Israel

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