In ancient times, Jews outside the Land of Israel didn't know for certain when the court had established Rosh Chodesh Tishrei, creating doubt about when exactly Yom Kippur fell. The issue came up again during World War II.
The main intention of prayer on Rosh Hashanah is not about our personal lives, but about God's kingdom, the nation's future, and humanity's future.
"Internal division in the community" ranked first – almost twice as much as any other reason. Following it were ranked "leadership failures," "external hostility and antisemitism," and "difficulty conducting discussion about Israel."
Rabbi Oury Cherki maintains confidence that world will seek Jewish wisdom on existential questions after the current crisis passes, despite ongoing criticism of Israel.
A shop owner in Flensburg in northern Germany put up a sign reading “Jews are forbidden entry here,” claiming it was, in his words, “hypocrisy” in response to Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip.
The Jewish new year begins on Monday evening. What time does it start? How do you observe it? What does it really mean for Jews?
Moldova's history of antisemitism is long and painful: from the Kishinev pogrom in 1903, through the murder of tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, to recent cases of tombstone vandalism.
A brother and sister from Petah Tikva have sued Osher Ad for 75,000 shekels for selling a non-kosher-for-Passover item during holiday, alleging consumer deception and a violation of the Chametz Law.
"For the Scottish Government to endorse this modern-day blood libel will not save a single innocent life in Gaza, but it will embolden those who now use the language of genocide to justify the harassment and intimidation of Jews here in Scotland," a letter sent by the organization "Scotland Against Antisemitism" read.
A new comprehensive study set to be presented at the UN reveals the immense scope of losses endured by Jewish communities in Arab countries. The Jewish population in those nations plummeted from one million to just 12,000.