Jewish World

Rabbi Baruch Efrati tells concerned Jews that they may recite "Mi Shebeirach" for the ill president.

"This plan is causing real alarm in the rank-and-file of the Jewish community of Antwerp," says Hans Knoop, a spokesman for the Forum of Jewish Organizations of the Flemish Region of Belgium.

If passed, it would see a central and vital part of Jewish practice that has taken place for millennia effectively wiped out.

Bipartisan inter-parliamentary taskforce vows to hold companies accountable

Large bright yellow swastika appears on the hood of a car in the city of Bristol, with the windshield covered in paint.

Social distancing and nationwide lockdowns have become a reality around the globe in 2020, but for religious Jews, they can further complicate rites and customs that form the fabric of daily life in Haredi communities

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says over 7,000 police and soldiers will be standing guard over Yom Kippur services after two people were wounded in a double stabbing on Friday.  

Halie Soifer of the Jewish Democratic Council of America says the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act “was manipulated using anti-Semitism for political purposes.”

Agency steps in to help those who, under regular circumstances, would arrive at the holy site themselves on Yom Kippur but cannot do so over the global pandemic.