Jewish World

Warsaw's main synagogue was firebombed last night by an unknown perpetrator. No-one was hurt and minimal damage was caused.

Actor David Schwimmer posted to Instagram about anti-Israeli demonstrations on US campuses: "If it had been any other minority group, the reaction would have been immediate."

The attack caused minor damage before the fire was put out, but the perpetrator is still on the loose.

The ADL has issued a user-friendly "report card" to alert interested parties, including prospective students and their parents, regarding which American universities are making Jews feel safe on campus - and which fail to do so.

How multiculturalism is paradoxically allowing for the kind of unification of Jewish prayer that was tried - and failed - before.

How an ancient Yemenite synagogue and local custom was preserved in all its greatness and variety in a siddur.

The video, posted on X/Twitter by StopAntisemitism, is yet another example of efforts by American university students and sometimes even employees to deface efforts at raising awareness of the hostages' plight.

The story of a siddur meant to be as accurate as possible - which led to fierce disputes about its accuracy.

StopAntisemitism reported the incident on X/Twitter.

In this week's column, we discuss a lesser-known part of Rabbi Goren's religious revolution as the first Chief Rabbi of the IDF: the IDF siddur.

The Hostage Families Forum announced a mass saying of Shema at the Western Wall, calling on everyone to set aside their differences: "unite around the common denominator."

Parshat Vayakhel deals with the building of the Mishkan and related commandments.

The story of a "red" siddur, in color and politics, which briefly appeared and disappeared as the socialist era in Israel came to an end.

How and why the revolution brought about by the state-backed Rinat Yisrael siddur was marginalized by the grassroots revolution of Mizrahi Jewry.

The Danish Jewish community reports antisemitic incidents in numbers not seen since 1945, following a trend seen both throughout Europe and the US.

A Charedi who voluntarily served in the IDF and then returned home to Brooklyn put on the uniform again, leaving a family and six children behind to help out after October 7.

Fort Lauderdale police arrested a 42-year-old on suspicion of beating a Jewish man outside a synagogue and calling him derogatory terms. The victim has been admitted to the hospital.

In the early 1930s, the Zionist movement set to create an educational siddur for its students, to learn to pray in a native tongue and based on local traditions. This is its story.

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a major religious Zionist Rabbi, explains the importance of both universal military service, and why coercion is not the way to get there.