Judaism News Archives

The traditional Jewish funeral rite is one of simplicity - simplicity with a reverent focus on God as the creator and giver of life.

A sticky situation going on over in Pacific Palisades: The Palisades Jewish Early Childhood Center's plans to open a preschool in the Castellammare section of Pacific Palisades--near the back entrance of the ...

NEW CITY - Before a packed room of fellow rabbis, Avremel Kotlarsky told the audience that they had made huge strides as an organization, but that it would take far more effort to continue growing.

Abdurrahman Wahid, seated, receives the Medal of Valor from Rabbi Marvin Hier, the founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, as Rabbi Abraham Cooper, far left, and C. Holland Taylor look on at the Simon ...

A national organization representing conservative Jews has stopped short of calling for a boycott of kosher meat produced by the Agriprocessors plant in Postville.

PORK chops and beer were on the menu at Assaf Philip's beachside house in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv - quite the dietary revolution for the 33-year-old who, nine years ago, was an ultra-Orthodox rabbi studying ...

Longtime dedicated Perth Amboy Rebbitzin Lillian Chomsky, loving wife of the distinguished retired spiritual leader of Congregation Shaarey Tefiloh, Rabbi Aaron Chomsky, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at ...

God moves in a gender neutral way in latest prayer book Ruth Gledhill Nearly three quarters of Christians think that God is male, compared with less than half of the general population, according to a poll.

The New York-based Chabad-Lubavitch sect of Hasidic Judaism -- one of the largest Jewish movements worldwide - plans to set up a kosher restaurant in Christchurch.

A new prayer book for Reform Judaism introduced Monday in Britain marks the first time gender-neutral language is being used to refer to God, researchers said Instead of references to God as "Father," "Lord" ... via Daily India

“You feel like you're coming home.”

Every morning at about 6, a handful of Jewish men from Eastern Europe used to gather in the back of a Concord drugstore to recite their daily prayers. via Concord Monitor

The following is a transcript of President Bush's weekly radio address: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. via Fox News

“Reading from the Torah is hard. It's different. There are no vowels. No punctuation. We've worked hard at this”

Though each of them have reached ages that are multiples of 12, eight women congregants of Temple Oseh Shalom in Bluffton will celebrate their bat mitzvah today. via Jewish Federation of Delaware

The Buddhist Peace Fellowship-O'ahu presents the Karma Lekshe Tsomo giving a free talk on 'Bridging Worlds: The Middle Way of Global Citizenship' at 6:30 p.m. May 30 at the Honolulu Jodo Mission. via The Honolulu Advertiser

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.”

One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. via The Macon Telegraph

“Indeed, our capacity to learn from our past is the very sign of our ability to teach toward the future.”

There exists much ethical controversy brought about by advances in biology and medicine and the relationship to religion. via Blackwell Publishing Press Release

“Jewish", if you will, theology than it does Christian. Now, I'll admit only a moderate knowledge of the parameters of Christian theology. But plenty of Christians I've talked to have confessed genuine trouble with identifying BLT as a "Christian”

Not Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato , but Black Liberation Theology! This NYT article on the subject brought to the fore a thought I've been having for some time. via The Debate Link

“After they left in 1985, it was neglected.”

A ruined cemetery lies by the sea in Sidon, the worn Hebrew inscriptions on the headstones a reminder of Lebanon's once-thriving Jewish minority, which has all but vanished since the state of Israel emerged 60 ... via The Boston Globe

Why should Christians care about Israel? Amid the National Post's extensive coverage of Israel's 60th anniversary, it is a question worth asking. via National Post

“For 60 years now, we have had our homeland and have built it on a sea of tears... We want to live in peace with our neighbours and want to shake hands with them but our enemies know too that we can also press the trigger.”

Israel this week celebrates its 60th birthday with military displays, barbecues and a Bible quiz but also with a cloud of uncertainty hanging over its prime minister's political future. via Raw Story

“But on the other side I don't think people should peel away what is holy to me.”

MODIIN, ISRAEL - Israel's Reform Jews have dedicated the first non-Orthodox synagogue to receive state funding, after a long court battle that highlighted the rift among the country's different streams of ... via KAAL-TV Austin

Jewish immigrants arriving at Haifa harbour in October, 1947. The War of 1948 was the almost inevitable result of more than half a century of Arab-Jewish friction and conflict that began with the arrival in ... via National Post

“Israel is our true home. It's where my heart is and it's really where I would like to be. I celebrate Israel's 60 years, but I don't take it for granted that it will be here forever. None of us can rest on our laurels.”

Thousands of Valley Jews turned out to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday at a communitywide festival held last month at the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus in Scottsdale. via Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

“We were under constraints of time ... and we decided to move on.”

Leaders of Ireland's main Christian churches were barred from praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Thursday because they refused to remove the crosses they were wearing. via The Herald

“They were asked to remove the crosses, but they refused”

In this March 26, 2000 file photo Pope John Paul II is accompanied by Michael Melchior, an orthodox rabbi and former Cabinet minister next the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. via Boston.com

“He's someone who did something selfless in a selfish age”

Yosef Eliezrie, left, and Moshe Price. Photo by Nancy Sokoler Steiner Although they live more than 12,000 miles apart, Yosef Eliezrie and Moshe Price have a lot in common. via The Jewish Journal