Rabbi

Zionism's narrow definition hurts American Jews' connection to Israel - opinion

Most Jews have little trouble simultaneously affirming care and concern for Israel and Israelis and opposing Israeli policies, including the extended war in Gaza.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]
Hanna Yaffe sings and plays guitar.

Building bridges through music: Hanna Yaffe’s life of faith and dialogue

Sari Kroizer.

After October 7, this haredi woman refuses to stand apart from Israeli society

A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih damaged the home of the local Chabad rabbi and a nearby mikveh (ritual bath). January 29.

Russian strike hit home of Kryvyi Rih Chabad rabbi, mikveh damaged


Fake rabbi appointed head of Colombia Religious Affairs bought title online

Rabbi Dr. Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar regularly takes to social media to denounce Zionist Jews as "Nazis" and "false Jews."

 Certificate of ordination of "Rabbi" Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar

123 orphan boys celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall

The war has left hundreds of Israeli families bereaved, and thousands of children facing life without their fathers. This year’s Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah carried extra weight for boys who lost it all

The Annual Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah commemoration for orphan boys

International drug traffickers and bribes: Inside Iran's plot to murder an Azerbaijani rabbi

IRGC officials met with known drug trafficker Agil Aslanov last fall, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The officials gave Aslanov a photo of the rabbi and instructions on the killing.

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43

The former Venice Beach rabbi was remembered as "kind, brave, decent, and good"—a pioneer whose early advocacy fostered today's more inclusive communities.

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, who died March 21 in a car accident.

Man who viciously attacked Orleans rabbi arrested, victim tells 'Post'

The attacker was a minor, according to a social media statement by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

 A member of the Jewish community prays at a synagogue in Orleans, central France, on March 23, 2025, the day after an attack to the rabbi of Orleans, for which a minor has been arrested

In broad daylight: French rabbi assaulted, bitten in front of son on way back from synagogue

Rabbi Arié Engelberg was on his way back from synagogue when he was reportedly kicked, punched, and bitten on the shoulder.

 Rabbi Arié Engelberg.

Chabad rabbi becomes most senior haredi engineer at Microsoft

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.

Yitzhak Kesselman

'Fear No Pharaoh': US Jews and slavery – from implicated to appalled - review

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

 ‘THE OLD PLANTATION,’ watercolor attributed to John Rose, possibly painted between 1785 and 1795 in the Beaufort District of South Carolina.

When the world turns upside down, rabbis can help us keep our heads on straight - opinion

In uncertain times, rabbis provide guidance, connection, and resilience—helping Jewish communities navigate chaos, identity, and moral challenges.

 An illustration of a cardboard box with 'this end up' and two arrows pointing downwards.

Around the weekday Shabbat table with Rabbi Josh Weisberg

The Weisbergs offer Shabbat-like meals during the week for anyone interested in an immersive Jewish culinary spiritual experience.

 The group around the table in the Weisbergs’ Kiryat Moshe home. At head, Chef Josh and wife, Chana Jenny; ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne is 2nd R in back row.