Stewart Ain
As the pandemic subsides, congregations memorialize a year of loss and resilience
Synagogues are finding ways to remember how they grieved and coped.
Marine chaplain’s website post blamed ‘Men of Israel’ for killing Christ
Later in the post, the chaplain summarizes Peter’s message: “Jesus lived. You killed him. God raised him. We saw him. Say Sorry.”
Rocket man: Jared Isaacman is leading the first trip to space without astronauts
Philanthropist hopes to raise $200 million for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with historic voyage.
A synagogue in your home? Zoom camera lighting? Pandemic offered rabbis some unusual tax deductions
In a year like no other, with dining room tables turned into home offices, spiritual leaders would be wise to hire an accountant.
In this Florida synagogue, 5 people committed suicide during the final months of the pandemic. Here’s how the rabbi is coping.
‘I have never experienced this amount and depth of pain in my 37 plus years in the pulpit,’ said Rabbi David Steinhardt of Boca Raton.
A new study has found that heartbeats actually harmonize during this religious ritual
The scientists studied a Sufi practice, but rabbis believe it can be applied to Jewish prayers as well.
Orthodox Jews show less stress-related weight gain, study shows
The researchers more broadly suggest that religiosity may promote better health in the face of overwhelming crises, such as COVID-19.
Why not a Holocaust Survivors Day?
When more than 200 survivors gathered last year at the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation, it struck Jonathan Ornstein that there were three days each year to remember Nazi victims but no day to celebrate the lives of Holocaust survivors.
Jewish groups aim to make Uyghur liberation a Passover theme
At seder tables across the country this Passover, there will be an empty chair, not for the prophet Elijah, but for the Uyghur people.
In a bad economy, some Jewish giving is up—way up
“People have rallied around Israel. People are home and have had time to be a little introspective.”