They wanted to convert, but the mikvahs were closed. So they went to Jewish summer camp.
The lake at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires served as a ritual bath.
Elected mayor at 22. Alex Morse, a gay Jewish progressive, is now running for Congress.
Nearly a decade after taking the reins in a Massachusetts city of 40,000, he is facing a powerful incumbent and aligning himself with “the Squad.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is home, ‘doing well’ after hospitalization
The 87-year-old Supreme Court Justice was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday after “experiencing fever and chills.”
What it’s like to start a job as a rabbi mid-pandemic
From buying a house virtually to organizing “kiddush-to-go,” it’s looking very different than previous years.
Becoming a rebbetzin: What it’s like to come out as transgender when you’re married to a rabbi
“I think all of the anxiety was self-created and the lead-up was much worse than the actual coming out, at least for me.”
John Eaves wants to be the first black and Jewish member of Congress
The former county commissioner says being a member of two minority groups has informed his values and desire to fight for change.
‘Believe Us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests
“We need our community.”
Bench near Minneapolis synagogue vandalized with swastikas
“Seig Heil, Heil Hitler, Trump 2020” was written on a traffic utility case across the street from the Shir Tikvah Congregation.
A new fund is providing aid to Jews of color struggling due to coronavirus
African-Americans have been affected by the coronavirus and face economic struggles due to the pandemic at disproportionately high rates.
For those in the process of becoming Jewish, the pandemic means delayed, altered conversions
Conversion classes have gone virtual but the ceremonies haven’t for the most part.