A 96-year-old who survived imprisonment in four concentration camps during the Holocaust was killed by a Russian strike on Kharkiv on Friday. Borys Romanchenko’s death was confirmed by the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial institute, with which he was deeply involved. In a series of Russian-language tweets, the institute said that Romanchenko survived the camps at…
(JTA) — Since 1875, Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati has been minting Reform rabbis — but it may not for much longer. The board of directors for Reform Judaism’s historic seminary is set to vote next month in New York City on a proposal to stop enrolling rabbinical students in Cincinnati, citing sharply declining enrollment…
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. BERLIN – The New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse doesn’t usually hold afternoon prayer services on Shabbat. But a week ago, Rabbi Gesa Ederberg, head of the city’s Masorti-Conservative congregation, made an exception to accommodate the new group of worshippers who don’t speak German….
(JTA) — After a searing speech in which he criticized Israel’s government for not providing more robust aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again raised the possibility that Jerusalem could serve as the site for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, calling it “the right place to find peace,”…
In what may be that rare political fundraising email that evokes an actual “Awwww,” a California Democrat sent out his bar mitzvah picture along with a pitch for funds. “I’ll admit, it’s easy to chuckle at this photo — the classic 1970s bow tie, the braces, the yarmulke, the looks — but it reminded me…
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Israel’s coronavirus infection rate and new daily cases have surged, according to Health Ministry data, sparking fears of a new pandemic wave. The omicron wave in Israel has been receding since February, though there has been an uptick in the infection rate and…
(JTA) — In a searing 12-minute speech addressing the “people of Israel,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy likened the “final solution” the Nazis sought to impose on the Jews to Russia’s ambitions for Ukraine. Zelensky also appealed, yet again, for military assistance and criticized the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for trying to maintain relations…
(JTA) — Thousands of men escorted the late leader’s body from his home on Rashbam Street to his final resting place close to the grave of his uncle, Rabbi Avraham Yeshayohu Karelitz (the “Chazon Ish”) in the Zichron Meir Cemetery. Only close members of family and senior public figures, including Israel’s chief rabbis, were allowed…
(JTA) — Israel is the ninth happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report, a project of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Israel has moved slowly up the rankings in recent years, going from No. 14 in 2020 to No. 11 in 2021. The Report, which is celebrating its 10th…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — In the center of this city, promptly at 2:50 p.m. local time on Thursday, a siren called out. The sound of the bells also came from the Mater Admirabilies church, in front of the former location of the city’s Israeli embassy, on the corner of Arroyo and Suipacha streets. A minute…
(JTA) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the powerful leader of Israel’s haredi Orthodox community who was known as the “Prince of Torah,” has died. Kanievsky was 94 and died after collapsing at his home in Bnei Brak, the center of haredi life in Israel where he was regarded with reverence. The son of a major rabbi…
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