On his birthday, Albert Einstein’s true relationship to Judaism — and Zionism
There’s no name more synonymous with Jewish genius than Albert Einstein.
It’s Chabad vs. Lithuanian Jews in Fight Over Holocaust Funds
Holocaust restitution money is supposed to heal wounds. But the Lithuanian government’s payment of $40 million to the country’s small Jewish community has reopened a decades-long dispute between Lithuania’s Jewish leadership and a Chabad rabbi from Boston.
Will Volodymr Groysman Be the First Jewish Premier of Ukraine?
Volodymr Groysman is on the verge of making history as the first Jewish prime minister of Ukraine — a country firmly planted in the American psyche as a land of anti-Semitism and pogroms.
What Was Albert Einstein's True Relationship to Judaism — and Zionism?
On the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity, there’s still no name more synonymous with Jewish genius than Albert Einstein. Yet the iconic scientist had a surprisingly fraught and complex relationship with Judaism and Zionism.
Richard Joel Scores $1.6M Payout Amid Deep Yeshiva Fiscal Crisis
As Yeshiva University’s finances continued to crumble last year, Richard Joel trumpeted his plans to take a pay cut. Months later, the school’s president quietly pocketed a deferred compensation payment of $1.6 million.
Defying Stereotypes, Jewish Life in the South Is Flourishing
The South has a reputation as a backwater for Jewish life. But a new study finds growing Jewish populations in Dixie — and they’re not all in Florida.
When Reform Leaders Downplay Charges of Rabbis Behaving Badly
Many allegations trailed Eric Siroka to Seattle. But the reason for his expulsion from the Reform rabbinate never reached his new community.
Paid Parental Leave Policy Now Sets JTS Apart From Other Seminaries
Even though Jewish communal groups claim to place a huge emphasis on family life and Jewish continuity, most of the nation’s rabbinical seminaries still do not offer their employees paid parental leave.
JTS Offers Parents Up to 8 Weeks Leave — Breakthrough Among Seminaries
The Jewish Theological Seminary has become the largest Jewish seminary in America to offer its employees fully paid parental leave.
Why Is Olympics Trove Still Secret Despite Pleas of Jewish Historians?
A famed Olympics archive includes letters from the Nazi filmmaker who shot Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Games and could shed new light on the 1972 Munich massacre. So why are Jewish scholars having so much trouble gaining access to the historic trove?