Diaspora Jewry
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger is finding a “big blessing” even in turbulent times, as hundreds show up to Chanukah and Passover celebrations.
The funeral of Charlotte Niddam, 15, will likely take place on Thursday in Paris, her family said.
The remains of Alicia and Diana Gunst were identified Sunday, whereas another Jewish girl, Charlotte Niddam, is considered missing.
“Our voices of moral conscience, of Jewish conscience, will continue to be peacefully raised wherever you go,” stated Rabbi Avi Weiss.
Get off computer and meet with legislators, police, pro-Israel activist Matthew Taub tells Canadians
Taub told JNS that he founded Unapologetically Jewish, “because I’ve got tired of hearing, ‘I’m scared, and I don’t know what I need to do.’”
When Estonia’s Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kot first proposed a new synagogue, members asked why it was needed. They pointed out the aging population and wondered who would fill it.
Eyal Ostrinsky, 40, the 16th chair since the agency’s founding 124 years ago, is the youngest person to date to hold the position.
“It’s called fight, fight, fight, and then we shall win, win, win, with God’s help,” the prime minister told JNS.
Zohran Mamdani is a vocal critic of Zionism, a stance that has left New York’s Jewish community unsettled.
“This is the kind of ‘de-Nazification’ that the Russian army has been carrying out for almost four years in a row on the territory of Ukraine,” said Rabbi Moshe Azman.
Charlie Sisitsky, the mayor of Framingham, is slated to be sworn in by his son Adam Sisitsky, a judge.
“If we don’t save them now, they will be lost forever,” the chairman of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center tells JNS.