When I lived in Boston, much of my Jewish life took place in people’s living rooms and kitchens; though I also had a synagogue I loved, most of the young, engaged Jews of Somerville orbited through ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — If it wasn’t clear before, it should be abundantly clear now: The Orthodox establishment will not sanction so-called partnership minyans, and it’s willing to go to the mat to fight ...

(JTA) – When the coronavirus pandemic first descended on the United States in March, the Orthodox rabbis of Dallas shuttered their synagogues together in a remarkable show of unity. In April, as the ...

Members of the Jewish community in Nove Zamky, Slovakia, speak about the town’s Jewish history at its Orthodox cemetery. (Alex Weisler) Before this trip to Europe, I’m not sure I properly appreciated ...

Women wear face masks as they join hundreds of members of the Orthodox Jewish community attending the funeral for a rabbi who died from the coronavirus in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ...

Britain’s umbrella body of Orthodox communities, The United Synagogue, has expressed its concern previously over the phenomenon of partnership minyans. Mirvis recently supported the idea of women ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — If it wasn’t clear before, it should be abundantly clear now: The Orthodox establishment will not sanction so-called partnership minyans, and it’s willing to go to the mat to fight ...

Although it’s become more difficult for 100-year-old Mortimer Geisler to attend minyans (meeting of Jews for public worship) at Temple Beth Torah Sha’aray Tzedek in Tamarac as often as he once did, he ...

About 250 Yom Kippur prayer quorums, or minyans, were held throughout Israel by the Tzohar rabbis' organization, for the benefit of secular Jews. More than 750 Tzohar volunteers took part in the ...

Here are some of the new restrictions as of Wednesday morning at 8 AM 1. No gathering will be allowed in public spaces, including for prayers or weddings. Individuals who pray should do so alone. 2.

Long before classical Greece rose to glory, the city of Orchomenos stood as one of the ancient world's great powers, its Mycenaean palace, monumental treasury, and colossal fortress at Gla hinting at ...