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 ‘SHABBAT TABLE Crowns.’

Parashat Kedoshim: Understanding the light of Shabbat

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON
 BERNARD DOV Troy never stopped celebrating life and the great achievements of Israel and American Jewry

Avatar of Zionism and Americanism: Gil Troy on his father - opinion

An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

Why the Conservative movement is changing our approach to interfaith marriage

By Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal/JTA
 JEWS IMMIGRATING from the former Soviet Union, 1990.

Soviet Jewry's unsung heroes - opinion

 Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

Over 1,000 American rabbis from diverse backgrounds join forces to support Israel

 Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.

Facing declining enrollment, Schechter Manhattan to close at end of school year

By BEN SALES/JTA
At the ceremony marking the 100th ordination of a graduate from Hebrew Union College’s Israeli Reform rabbinical program

Israel must commit to funding all forms of Judaism - editorial

 THE PROPHET Isaiah by 19th-century illustrator Gustave Dore.

Parashat Shoftim: Values and power

 Semi-trucks on the side of the road.

When campers’ luggage got stranded, a Ramah alum’s new trucking company stepped in

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 Abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Atlanta, Georgia, US,  May 14, 2022

Jewish groups fight abortion bans, citing religious liberty

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
 Rabbi Elisha Wolfin (right), marrying Ori and Yasmin.

Israel needs Masorti Jews to become modern, tolerant, welcoming

By SHLOMO MAITAL
 Heritage Minister Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu (L)

Israeli heritage minister: Western Wall should be run like Orthodox synagogue

 Thousands of Shluchim pose for a “class picture” outside Chabad World Headquarters

Rise of Chabad rabbis signals changing landscape of American Judaism - analysis

 YOUTH ARE among the masses taking part in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City last Sunday.

Editor's Notes: Jewish identity on parade

 READING FROM the Torah in synagogue: Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments. These commandments, like the Torah, offer stories, insights, values and actions as ways in to God

Practicing Judaism and finding God this Shavuot - opinion

 The Tel Aviv coastline as seen from above on April 26, 2023.

Jewish awakening in Tel Aviv: Freeing olim from Diaspora Judaism's cage

By SHANNA FULD
 THE LIGHT of Judaism must burn, no matter what winds of chaTHE LIGHT of Judaism must burn, no matter what winds of change or assimilation threaten it.

In Germany, a new group reflects a schism among liberal Jewish congregations

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
 Boxes of Trader Joe's matzah for sale.

An amended Conservative Jewish Passover policy taps into the booming gluten-free market

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA