In his debut work of historical fiction, “The Half-Caste,” local author Jason Zeitler takes readers from the gritty streets ...

Over the past week, many worried parents, students, and community members have reached out to Hillel with concern due to the ...

Instituted in 2006 by President George W. Bush, Jewish American Heritage Month, or JAHM, occurs every May, and aims to create real opportunities for engagement with many Jewish histories, cultures and ...

William and Risé Rosenfeld will celebrate their 37th wedding anniversary this month. They met at a Hanukkah party in 1980 and were married in a Scotts-dale courthouse on the eve of the festi val of ...

This afternoon I received a phone call from the Manager of Spiritual Care at TMC. She asked whether there were Jewish values that supported vaccination against COVID-19 and if there might be an ...

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Over the weekend, as singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman lay dying in a hospital bed in Southern California, the call went out to Jewish congregations around the world to pray for ...

Rabbi Sara Metz will be only the fourth rabbi to lead Congregation Anshei Israel in its 90-year history when she takes up the reins July 1. “That’s so very exciting,” she says, acknowledging it is ...

A key feature of a synagogue tour is the ner tamid, the eternal light. We explain to people unfamiliar with synagogue symbolism that the light represents God’s eternal presence. But is it that simple?

This story originally appeared on Kveller. Taika Waititi’s satirical film “Jojo Rabbit” is finally out! It is set in Nazi Germany, and the Jewish MaoLior Zaltzmanri director famously plays Adolf ...

Harvey Burton Evenchik, 82, died Sept. 5, 2011. Born in Elyria, Ohio, Mr. Evenchik graduated from the University of Arizona in 1951. He returned to Ohio to attend Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, ...