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In time for Passover, the first Ukrainian-language Haggadah goes to print
By David I. Klein — April 16, 2024
(RNS) — ‘It is a symbol of how we’ve manifested as Ukrainian Jews, that we are something different, not just Soviet Jews anymore,’ said the translator of the Passover liturgy.
How a leaderless Chabad movement led to an illegal tunnel brawl
By Yonat Shimron — January 18, 2024
(RNS) — The tunnel’s discovery was just the latest in a 30-year clash among factions of the Hasidic group led by the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died 30 years ago.
Illegal tunnel under New York City synagogue destabilized nearby buildings, officials say
By Jake Offenhartz — January 12, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — City inspectors said the excavation had undermined the stability of two single-story structures behind the synagogue.
A decade in, Jewish digital library has revolutionized learning for ‘people of the book’
By Yonat Shimron — August 28, 2023
(RNS) — Sefaria offers 3,300 Jewish canonical texts online for free.
In Morocco, conference brings together rabbis from three continents
By David I. Klein — May 22, 2023
(RNS) — Dozens of rabbis affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement gathered in Casablanca, Morocco, last week for a conference aimed at Chabad leaders serving small Jewish communities across Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
A new documentary takes a deep dive into the ancient and modern practice of Sabbath
By Yonat Shimron — May 22, 2023
(RNS) — Martin Doblmeier's latest documentary takes viewers to various religious communities to illustrate their Sabbath practices.
Need a kosher meal? At the world’s largest furniture market, Chabad delivers
By Yonat Shimron — April 27, 2023
HIGH POINT, N.C. (RNS) — For the past 10 years, Chabad of Greensboro has been renting a showroom at the High Point Furniture Market where Jews in the furniture industry can come to rest, pray and eat homemade kosher meals while they’re in town.
Trump vs. DeSantis: Florida pastors mull conservative issues
By Giovanna Dell'orto — March 14, 2023
(AP) — “The evangelical vote in Florida is too diverse to be a big force in politics,” said one political scientist, but many faithful across denominations like seeing DeSantis take charge of issues like sexually explicit materials available to children. “That resonates.”
Chabad rabbis celebrate growth at 6,000+ conference in Crown Heights
By Yonat Shimron — November 16, 2022
(RNS) — The five-day event includes workshops on how its emissaries can be more useful — whether on college campuses, in day schools, teaching adult education or in other forms of outreach.
A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast politics
By Yonat Shimron — October 11, 2022
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The Yalla food truck serves food that meets the most stringent dietary needs of two constituencies: Jews and Muslims. The food is both certified kosher and halal.
On Yom Kippur, a Ukrainian couple finds a new Jewish home in North Carolina
By Yonat Shimron — October 4, 2022
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Vladislav Bedereu, a ballet dancer and opera singer, and Elizabeth Orela, a theater actress, gave up their lives and livelihoods in Odesa.
Why is this year’s Passover matzah different from any other?
By Steve Rabinowitz — April 13, 2022
(RNS) — Much of especially pure shmurah matzah on sale in the United States comes from Ukraine.
US Jews furiously raise money, send delegations to help Ukraine
By Yonat Shimron — March 12, 2022
(RNS) — Thousands, if not millions, of American Jews can trace their ancestors back to Ukraine and feel a special connection to the place, even if it brings up a complicated past.
This Yom Kippur, many Jews will wash their hands of a certain injunction
By Menachem Wecker — September 15, 2021
(RNS) — Those that cleanse themselves of sins thusly do so with a rabbinic stamp of kosher approval.
How a little-known federal land use law could help combat antisemitism in America
By Noel Sterett — July 2, 2021
(RNS) — Zoning is no bygone relic but, rather, is a tool of municipalities to discriminate against religious groups.
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