By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Rep. Jamie Raskin’s warning to top Jewish Democratic leaders was stark: The war that…
By Stacey Dresner SPRINGFIELD – When Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro retired as spiritual leader of Sinai Temple in Springfield in…
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By Ben Harris (JTA) — Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, the acclaimed scholar whose landmark translation of the Talmud enabled a…
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) Alex Morse, the 31-year-old gay, Jewish progressive Democrat running to unseat a longtime congressman in Massachusetts…
With the beginning of a tumultuous new decade, there have been some silver linings – it’s pretty clear that Israel…
By Shira Hanau (JTA) – Almost as soon as the coronavirus pandemic swept the country in early March, the Isabella…
By Rabbi Aviva Fellman Tisha B’Av marks a communal day of mourning for the Jewish people. It is a day…
EAST LONGMEADOW — With the latest predictions suggesting Israel’s tourism industry could lose up to $1.16 billion due to the…