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Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein retires as leader of Chabad of Poway, 7 months after attack

His son, Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, will assume the leadership of the synagogue and its school.

By Marcy Oster November 17, 2019 7:52 am

This week's news about the impeachment hearings featured several Jews. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)

The Tell: The Jewish players in impeachment

The hearings Wednesday and their aftermath had some new and familiar Jewish wrinkles. Here are the biggest takeaways from JTA’s Washington bureau chief, Ron Kampeas.

November 15, 2019 12:59 pm

Opinion

I have been fighting for ultra-Orthodox students for nearly a decade. New York’s new regulations are vital for them.

Even some non-Hasidic yeshivas are starting to cut corners on secular education. That’s why the state must intervene, writes an advocate to improve Hasidic education.

November 15, 2019 12:08 pm