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Modern-Day Rabbi Must Be CEO, Teacher and Spiritual Leader at Once

By Anne Cohen

The rabbi of today must be a shrewd entrepreneur, media-savvy speaker and compassionate spiritual healer. Are seminaries preparing the next generation for the demands they face?Read More


Synagogues Merge Across Denominations To Survive

By JTA

Across the country, scores of synagogues have overcome denominational differences to merge formally, share space or otherwise collaborate, often due to financial hardships wrought by shrinking Jewish populations.Read More


Orthodox Rabbinic School Sparks Feud With Graduation of First Class of Women

By Seth Berkman

The first women to graduate from a groundbreaking Orthodox rabbinical school are being welcomed at synagogues. But others are blasting Yeshivat Maharat for breaking with tradition.Read More


Is Arab League Peace Shift ‘Big Step Forward’ or Tempest in a Mideast Teapot?

By Nathan Guttman

The Arab League peace initiative is being revisited as John Kerry seeks ways to restart peace talks. But Israelis see it as a non-starter and Palestinians have their doubts, too.Read More


Women and Orthodox Waver Over Plan for Egalitarian Prayer at Western Wall

By Nathan Jeffay

Women’s activists and the Western Wall’s Orthodox rabbi had first accepted then dismissed a plan to allow egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. Now they are on board. Why?Read More


How $57 Million Holocaust Fraud Unfolded at Claims Conference

By Paul Berger

It took hours to reach a guilty verdict in the $57 million theft at the Claims Conference for Holocaust survivors. Figuring out how the fraud went undetected could take a lifetime.Read More


What Israel Air Strikes on Syria Reveal About Blueprint for Iran Attack

By Nathan Guttman

Israel didn’t notify the U.S. before it launched punishing strikes on Syria. But history says it will have to sit down with Washington before any attack on Iran.Read More


'Jews a Race' Genetic Theory Comes Under Fierce Attack by DNA Expert

By Rita Rubin

Scientists have long agreed that Jewish genetics prove we are one people with common origins in the Middle East. Now, that theory is coming under withering attack.Read More


Jewish Nurse Aliza Sherman's Brutal Murder Has Cleveland Police Puzzled

By JTA

Aliza Sherman, a nurse and mother of four, was stabbed to death in Cleveland. More than a month later, police say they have no suspects — and the community wants answers.Read More


Circumcision Controversy Endangers Fight To Keep Rite Legal in Germany

By A.J. Goldmann and Donald Snyder and Nathan Jeffay

An effort to ban circumcision only recently failed in Germany. Will a rabbi’s video of the controversial practice of metzitzah b’peh reignite the battle?Read More






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