Jewish World

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.

How large letters and an insistence on fullness rather than minimalism made the Tefillat Kol Peh siddur one of the most enduring prayer books in Israel.

Hundreds of extremist Charedim gathered to block major streets in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh in protest against an attempt to autopsy a decades 13 year old found to have physical injuries on his body.

There are now more Charedi men working then ever before, primarily due to the pressures of high interest rates and cost of living. However, their work productivity and pay remains relatively low.

How a small Baghdadi publishing house took the Mizrahi world of prayer by storm - and why it ultimately faded.

The organization StopAntisemitism declared John Cusack "antisemite of the week" for denying the rapes during October 7, claiming Hamas is just a "pawn" and originally a "charity organization," and more.

A siddur put together by an unknown publisher and adorned by an unknown artist became one of the most beloved siddurim in the Land of Israel for much of the mid-20th century. Here's why.

CRIF, the umbrella organization representing French Jewry, reports that France has witnessed a massive surge of antisemitic attacks since October 7 and the war, based on official government figures.

An act of vandalism in a synagogue has led to an explosion in antisemitism conspiracy theories. An Instagram account explains the banal truth behind the whole story.

In an online survey conducted by the @StopAntisemites X/Twitter account, Rashida Tlaib beat Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and stridently anti-Israel Gigi Hadid to be voted "2023 Antisemite of the Year."

The organization IsraelAmbassadors.com has organized a delegation of dozens of Jewish students from major US universities to see the massacre sites, meet major leaders, and hear about the war.

The chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau, call to participate in a prayer meeting at the Western Wall that will be held on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Shvat.

Wix SEO specialist Mordy Oberstein has found disturbing increases in searches for blatantly antisemitic terms on Google since the war began.

Former President of Lebanon's small Jewish community, Isaac Arazi, died today. He was a driving force in trying to renovate the Magen Avraham synagogue in central Beirut, one of the most elaborate in the Arab world.

The elimination of Hamas? For sure. Returning the captives? Without a doubt. Settlement in the strip that will protect the envelope? A necessary conclusion. But all these are not enough.

Parashat Vayigash is the eleventh weekly portion in the book of Genesis. The portion continues to describe the events of Joseph, and in fact, it concludes the narrative of Joseph. Shabbat Parashat Vayigash candle-lighting times are:

Watch the documentation: Yeshiva of Sderot returns home after two and a half months: "We will fight the enemy with a weapon in one hand and with learning Torah and values ​​in the other."