Rabbi

What is needed: Rabbis who stand up for Jews - opinion

Rabbis, of all people, should know that Israel must be constantly vigilant and on guard against the very real and constant threats to its existence.

 Lisa Turnquist of Louisville, Colorado, lays flowers and a flag at the site of the attack outside the Boulder County Courthouse on June 2, 2025 in Boulder.
Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

'A profound betrayal': Chief Rabbi Mirvis slams UK Palestinian state recognition plan

 Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 9, 2025

Rabbis in America speak up over Gaza crisis, say 'silence is no longer an option'

Israelis carry the body of Rabbi Yehuda Amital during his funeral in Jerusalem, on July 09, 2010

'To Be Holy but Human': A look into the life ‘hesder yeshiva’ creator Rabbi Yehuda Amital - review


Apocalypse in Paris? Rabbi claims Satan controls Macron, predicts Jews hunted

Ben Artzi’s fiery message came soon after Macron announced that France, home to Europe’s largest Jewish community, would officially back Palestinian statehood.

 Israeli Kabbalah Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi.

From exclusion to examination: Women gain access to rabbinic path

Historic win: Rabbi Seth Farber and female pioneers reflect on the fight to open rabbinic exams to women

WOMEN LEARN in Migdal Oz. Having an official accreditation process, universal for halachic scholars of both sexes, is a good way to get more people to study Jewish law, notes Farber.

Parshat Matot-Masei: Our stops along the way

Prayer can be an oasis along the way. Prayer can also parallel the journeys we take in life.

 Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

Rabbi Neil Danzig, scholar who unlocked mysteries of the Talmud, dies at 74

A longtime resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, he was buried in Israel.

Rabbi Neil Danzig, shown in an undated photo, was an authority on the Babylonian Jewish scholars known as Geonim.

'Dirty Jew': French rabbi attacked with glass bottle by fifth time antisemitic offender

The suspect is well-known to the justice system, and is not a first offender: "Since September, this is his fifth antisemitic attack targeting a rabbi."

 People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille,  in Paris, France, June 20, 2024.

Rabbi Hier: ‘This is a phenomenal time to bring Azerbaijan into the Abraham Accords’

Ahead of Netanyahu’s White House visit, a leading US rabbi urges adding Azerbaijan to the Abraham Accords as a key ally to deter Iran and spark wider Muslim participation.

Flag of Azerbaijan

'Above All, We Are Jews': The life story of a great American Reform rabbi - review

To learn more about this great American Reform rabbi, Jews and non-Jews alike will want to read this well-researched and highly accessible biography.

 Rabbi Alexander Schindler became one of the greatest supporters of the historic peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.

Owens blames Israeli rabbi for ‘paying pastors’ to denounce her and Tucker Carlson

After the claim went viral, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, president of Ohr Torah Stone, an organization Rabbi Shlomo Riskin founded, denied the allegation.

 Conservative political commentator Candace Owens speaks during an event held by national conservative political movement 'Turning Point', in Detroit, Michigan, US, June, 14, 2024.

Jewish religious leaders' unsettling words disregard Israel's foundational narratives - opinion

We must be exceptionally delicate in our speech, careful to uphold moral integrity, and even more so, to avoid clouding or distorting our historical narratives.

 Jewish yeshiva students study at the Atert Shlomo Yeshiva, in Rishon Lezion, June 11, 2025

Did a mystic rabbi foresee Israel’s Iran strike eight years ago?

The 2017 video shows Ben Artzi telling congregants that if Israel chose to bomb Tehran’s reactors “no trace will remain” of the plants and that the Israel Defense Forces would emerge unscathed

 Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi and fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025

From Brit Milah to blood tests: notes from a split-screen life - opinion

This is what Jewish life looks like. It’s loud and layered. It’s WhatsApp and weddings. It’s birth announcements alongside battle briefings. It’s holding pain and joy in the same hand.

 NEW IMMIGRANTS are welcomed at Ben-Gurion airport, last year. Since October 7, 2023, over 43,000 people have made aliyah, the writer reports.