1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (225+ words) Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, created in 2009, occurs every February. People with disabilities should be active in all aspects of congregational life. Jewish texts highlight disabilities. In Leviticus 19:14 it says, "You shall not insult the deaf, or place…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (834+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump presided over the first Board of Peace meeting in Washington on Thursday morning, where officials gathered to discuss Phase 2 of his Gaza plan. More than 40 countries, as well as the European Union, confirmed their attendance at Thursday's…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (618+ words) Summer camps are an American mainstay, as prevalent a seasonal marker as hot dogs, ice cream and public swimming pools. When Texas all-girls overnight camp Camp Mystic was struck with catastrophic flooding on July 4, 2025, resulting in the tragic deaths of…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (179+ words) Alan Robert Malasky, 82, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, passed away peacefully at his home on Feb. 18. Born on Jan. 9, 1944, in Pittsburgh, Alan earned a bachelor's in business administration degree in 1965 from the University of Pittsburgh. A proud member of Pi Lambda…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (493+ words) Israel's highest court has delivered a unanimous rebuke to state and municipal authorities over long-stalled plans to upgrade the Western Wall's egalitarian prayer section, intensifying a dispute that has come to symbolize broader tensions over religious pluralism in Israel. In…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago  (246+ words) This week, I led a delegation of United Nations ambassadors " unprecedented in scale, drawing representatives from Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Pacific Islands and Africa " on a diplomatic mission to Poland and Israel. This trip is not simply another diplomatic…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago  (241+ words) On Feb. 11, Vivian Anna Jones of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, beloved wife of the late Russell Leon Jones; devoted mother of Vionna Jones Adams, Christie Lynn Jones, Teena Lorraine Jones and Christopher Leon Jones; loving sister of Jay Robinson; cherished grandmother of…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (329+ words) The White House Religious Liberty Commission was created to do serious work: to defend Americans" First Amendment rights and recommend how to protect religious freedom " including confronting the surge in antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023. Its first public hearing, focused on antisemitism,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (441+ words) There is a difference between strategic ambiguity and strategic confusion. On Iran, the Trump administration increasingly feels like the latter " and the stakes are too high for guesswork. One day, President Donald Trump signals optimism about a breakthrough with Tehran....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (191+ words) In modern warfare, credibility is not a rhetorical flourish. It is a strategic asset. And once compromised, it is difficult to restore. The issue was not a single careless phrase. It was the exposure of a deeper and longstanding failure....