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American Jews say others face more discrimination
By Lauren Markoe — October 24, 2013
(RNS) American Jews say they face discrimination in the U.S., but they see Muslims, gays and blacks facing far more.
Video: L’Chaim on a Roll – Have a Little Faith
By Sally Morrow — October 21, 2013
On YouTube channel SoulPancake, host Zach Anner visits Mendy Pellin, a Hasidic Jew and president of Jewbellish, and asks several enlightening questions like: How has being a father changed your relationship to your faith? Do all yarmulkes have yellow zippers? Why are people paying over 100 bucks for a lemon?
Video: The 92-year-old skydiver
By Sally Morrow — October 14, 2013
"Aaron Rosloff spent his past two birthdays jumping out of planes to raise money for a local food pantry. This year, the senior citizen's synagogue is ponying up to ground him. "
UPDATE: Hobby Lobby apologizes, says it will carry Jewish holiday items
By Lauren Markoe — October 3, 2013
(RNS) “We sincerely apologize for any employee comments that may have offended anyone, especially our Jewish customers and friends. Comments like these do not reflect the feelings of our family or Hobby Lobby."
Video: It’s complicated – Jews on Pew
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 3, 2013
"The new study of American Jews by the Pew research Center shows how complicated Jewish identity is right now."
Who’s a Jew? Few American Jews say it’s a matter of belief
By Lauren Markoe — October 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) What's the most defining trait of what it means to be a Jew in America? Just 15 percent say it involves religious belief, according to a new study.
For somber Jews on Yom Kippur, white is the new black
By Lauren Markoe — September 11, 2013
(RNS) In her simple, white linen dress, Stacey Robinson says she can heighten her experience of atonement and renewal. “I can stand now, ready, clean ... to reach out to God as God reaches out to me."
Rabbi David Wolpe atones for humiliating a kid. Who’s next?
By Lauren Markoe — August 20, 2013
Rabbi David Wolpe, one of the most respected rabbis in the nation, has just apologized for publicly humiliating a 13-year-old boy.
5 reasons people think Prince George is Jewish (even though he’s not)
By Lauren Markoe — August 15, 2013
(RNS) Because Kate Middleton's mother's maiden name is Goldsmith, some wrongly conclude that wee Prince George's matrilineal line is Jewish, and so he must be too.
Bar mitzvah training goes online in a digital age
By Jordan Friedman — August 15, 2013
(RNS) Some tech-savvy parents are signing up their kids for a more modern brand of bar mitzvah lessons, rather than schlepping them to the synagogue for the traditional one-on-one lessons in person.
Can a Hebrew charter school teach the language but not the faith?
By Lauren Markoe — August 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) A new Hebrew language public charter school in Washington raises the same questions facing other such schools around the country: How do you teach Hebrew without teaching Judaism?
Anti-Semitism on downward slide but still rampant online
By Lauren Markoe — July 24, 2013
(RNS) The growth in online expressions of anti-Semitism may help explain a decrease in incidents of vandalism, where "bigots are more likely to take to the Internet to express themselves anonymously, rather than acting out in a public setting.”
Hartford Faith & Values Video: Keeping Yiddish alive
By Ann Marie Somma — July 24, 2013
Members of a Bloomfield, Conn., synagogue work to keep the Yiddish language alive.
Thousands of athletes to compete in “Jewish Olympics”
By Michele Chabin — July 16, 2013
(RNS) This year’s event, which begins July 18, brings together more than 9,000 athletes from 77 countries to compete in 38 sporting events. The American contingent is the largest visiting delegation.
Jerusalem court upholds women’s prayer rights at Western Wall
By Michele Chabin — April 25, 2013
JERUSALEM (RNS) Women who want to wear prayer shawls while praying in the women’s section of the Western Wall are not breaking the law, according to a landmark decision handed down Thursday (April 25) by the Jerusalem District Court.
