Jewish
The identity crisis of Hanukkah
By Donniel Hartman — December 11, 2017
(RNS) — A 'good Jew' is no longer one who fights Hellenism but one who maintains a Jewish core within the multiple facets of his or her life.
Meghan Markle is not Jewish. Big deal.
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 27, 2017
Our new-old hobby: claiming Jews. The question is: why?
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
By Isaac Scharf — November 17, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tunnels stretching more than a kilometer (half-mile) in length beneath Jerusalem's main cemetery have been carefully dug over the past two years to make room for some 22,000 graves — enough space to meet the city's needs for the next decade.
Dedicated to God, Museum of the Bible opens with prayer and fanfare
By Adelle M. Banks — November 17, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — And museum co-founder Steve Green breathes a sigh of relief.
5 things Netflix’s ‘One of Us’ won’t teach you about Hasidic Jews
By Menachem Wecker — November 9, 2017
(RNS) — A new documentary falls short in its portrayal of an often misunderstood community, writes Menachem Wecker.
Larry David should be ashamed
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 5, 2017
(RNS) — Larry David’s opening SNL monologue was not only tasteless and unfunny. It was dangerous.
Middle East’s Samaritans link Muslims and Jews
By Lauren Markoe — October 17, 2017
MOUNT GERIZIM (RNS) — Every Samaritan has both a Hebrew name and an Arabic name, and Samaritans are fluent in both languages — but not fully accepted by either Muslims or Jews, community members say.
Orthodox rabbi to host ‘alternative Yom Kippur’ service in beer garden
By Menachem Wecker — September 25, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Jews are supposed to abstain from food and drink on the most holy day of the Jewish year. So why is this rabbi holding services in a bar?
Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish New Year service
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 21, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told worshippers she believes being Jewish helped her empathize with other minority groups.
Jewish, Muslim customers file lawsuits alleging bacon in their food at KFC, Denny’s
By Niraj Warikoo — September 4, 2017
(USA Today) — While the claimants say their beliefs were violated, the restaurants say the bacon placement was not intentional.
An Orthodox Jewish woman takes the helm of Chicago Divinity School
By Lauren Markoe — August 29, 2017
(RNS) — For Laurie Zoloth, every word and deed, from academia to social action to raising chickens in her backyard, is seen through the prism of Deuteronomy 16:18-20 — 'Justice, justice shall you pursue.'
Jewish Trump supporters resist calls from other Jews to renounce the president
By Menachem Wecker — August 28, 2017
(RNS) — Calls from Jewish critics to Jewish supporters of Trump to renounce the president have created rifts within families and the larger community.
Don’t throw the word ‘Nazi’ around
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — August 25, 2017
(RNS) — 'Nazism shouldn’t be a casual catch-all term to describe the bad guys,' writes Holly Lebowitz Rossi.
Students disciplined for ‘Jews vs. Nazis’ beer pong game
By RNS staff — August 25, 2017
(AP) — In the image, students are seen playing beer pong with cups in the shapes of a swastika and a Star of David.
Fear, resolve and more security at Charlottesville synagogue
By Ben Finley — August 20, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — White supremacists carrying semi-automatic rifles were streaming past the synagogue, taunting congregants with phony Brooklyn accents and mocking Yiddish expressions.
