Jewish World

Highly controversial legislation continues to make waves as Finance Ministry officials say kashrut certificate fees could climb by as much as 20%.

From a Virgin Islands synagogue with a floor made of sand to one in San Francisco that survived a devastating earthquake, to one in Baltimore that holds an ancient ritual bath, below is a look into how the Ruderman Family Foundation’s Synagogue Project raises awareness around these unique communities.

His arrival would end a weekslong odyssey that included an escape from his homeland as well as a videoconference divorce procedure meant to ensure he will not run into trouble with Israeli authorities.

A teacher and expert in Jewish law, Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz left an enduring mark on ultra-Orthodox Jewish thought and culture.

“We need to recalibrate the way we reach out to young American Jews,” says Israel's former envoy to the US, a candidate to succeed Isaac Herzog as Jewish Agency head.  

Ninety percent of food businesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria are certified kosher compared to 81% in the center of the country. Under half of all Tel Aviv food businesses, 49%, have kosher certification.  

“We still must not forget that 6,500 members of the community are still waiting in India," Michael Freund, chairman of Shavei Israel, says.

"Officers observed a 23-year-old male, dressed in traditional Jewish garb/attire, with a laceration to the head," said a police spokeswoman.

According to the head of the European Jewish Association Menachem Margolin, "the EU commission has been ignoring our pleas to act against states that have been limiting our ability to uphold our tradition," referring to circumcision and kosher slaugher. 

“There is a dangerous rise of antisemitism all over the world mainly because of the new social media,” Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai says upon arrival at the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance in Malmo, southern Sweden.