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We know how to prevent Jewish clergy from burning out. Why aren’t we doing it?
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (444+ words) Rabbis and cantors shouldn't have to seek outside training to flourish in their work, writes a cantor and licensed social worker. I was being taught, sure. But was I being formed? That question would later inform my understanding of clergy…...
Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (373+ words) The protester, a former Marine and Green Party candidate in North Carolina, said his arm was broken. Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana helped Capitol Police forcibly remove a protester who shouted "No one wants to fight for Israel" during…...
My Jewish grandfather was known as the Nightingale of Iran. Could the country he knew be within reach?
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (429+ words) The successors of Vashti, the brave Persian woman in the Purim story, are key to the future, writes a musicologist who recently unearthed her family's story. It wasn't always this way. As I watch the war unfold with trepidation and…...
Projecting the Purim story onto this war is appealing. It's also a dangerous mistake.
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (777+ words) Esther wasn't certain she was taking the right action, so why are so many of us? -- The post Projecting the Purim story onto this war is appealing. It's also a dangerous mistake. appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Around me,…...
At this Dallas synagogue, Purim comes with fog machines, zip lines and Broadway flair
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (1768+ words) The Purim spiel is a love letter to the community," said Rabbi Adam Roffman of Congregation Shearith Israel. Excited chatter and the rattling of noisemakers echoed throughout the halls of Congregation Shearith Israel as 900 people streamed into its Purim spiel…...
Hezbollah enters Iran war, firing on Israel's north, as US officials say more fighting is to come
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (440+ words) The victims of the Beit Shemesh strike were named and include three teen siblings. -- The post Hezbollah enters Iran war, firing on Israel's north, as US officials say more fighting is to come appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Hezbollah…...
Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months through a new reporting system
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (723+ words) The tally by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland marked the first effort to track antisemitism in the country. Jews in Ireland reported over 100 antisemitic incidents through a communal reporting system within six months after it launched, according to a…...
Yet again, Israel's public shelters become sites of camaraderie amid steep danger
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (1359+ words) I'm doing great. We're all together all the time," one Jaffa resident said about her neighbors and friends one day into the war of Iran. TEL AVIV "Spirits ran high inside a large public bomb shelter in the Israeli coastal…...
3 US soldiers killed in Middle East; 9 Israelis die in direct Iranian missile strike on their shelter
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (343+ words) The death toll is also rising in other Gulf States as Iran widens its counteroffensive beyond U.S. and Israeli targets. The death toll is ratcheting up as the U.S.-Israel war against the Iranian regime enters its second day, with casualties mounting…...
Israel says Iranian supreme leader Khamenei killed during strikes on Tehran
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (294+ words) We feel that that is a correct story," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, was killed Saturday morning during a joint U.S.-Israeli strike that hit targets throughout the country, Israeli officials have announced. The alleged…...