Jewish faith

Passover and the Holocaust: Why Judaism refuses to build identity on tragedy - opinion

The only safeguard against this constant danger is constant vigilance: seeing Jewish duty as the greatest of privileges.

|ByNATHAN LOPES CARDOZO
DO WE not have the right to mourn, to take stock of our losses? Pictured: Direct Iran missile hit in Arad, seen March 22.
Hanna Yaffe sings and plays guitar.

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

Singer and storyteller Hanna Yaffe blends Orthodox faith, music, and interfaith dialogue to build bridges across cultures and beliefs.

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN
Fitness and friends are two of Rabbi Dee's seven facets of healing.

'The Seven Facets of Healing': The compassionate companion - book review

Rabbi Leo Dee does not write about trauma from a theoretical distance, nor is the book solely a memoir. Instead, he combines his own experience within a broader human framework.

|ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
AN IDF reserve soldier reports for a military drill along the border with Lebanon and Syria this week. Perhaps the ultimate ‘hineni’ are the soldiers who have put their lives on the line to save our precious Holy Land, says the writer.

‘Hineni': Thanksgiving’s answer to Jewish tradition's sacred question - opinion

May we remember that gratitude is not the result of a perfect life, but the practice that fills every life with meaning, purpose, and hope.

|ByYAEL ECKSTEIN

Depression, religion, finding faith explored in new book

How IDT’s chief fell, but rose up again and rediscovered faith.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
JONAS' LIFE-CHANGING moment was overcoming his car stalling at the Dead Sea.

Acher and the difficulties of teshuvah

We all have different reactions to severe trauma. Some Jews lose their faith. Others are strengthened by it. But we must realize that after the Shoah and Israel's founding nothing will be the same.

AUGUST 21, 2021ByELI KAVON
Jewish American World War II veterans stand next to the barbed wire fence of the Dachau concentration camp at the 62th memorial of its liberation in May 2007.

The joy and reality of Bar Mitzvahs

How it really was: The unbroken chain of Jewish tradition in the howling wilderness

APRIL 8, 2021ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
Ayal Rubin putting on his tefillin

Where was God when millions died of the coronavirus?

Perhaps the question that most troubled my children as we toured a continent-wide genocide was the most obvious: How did God watch all this in silence?

MARCH 8, 2021BySHMULEY BOTEACH
JONA LAKS, survivor of Dr. Josef Mengele’s twins experiments, and granddaughter Lee Aldar pass under the notorious Auschwitz death camp gate in January.

Budapest's Jewish Quarter is being destroyed

A few days ago, news that one of the oldest houses in the Jewish district of Budapest will soon be demolished spread like wildfire on social media, sparking outrage.

JANUARY 14, 2021ByVINCENT VIZKELETY

Adherents to Faith-Based Diplomacy See Political Boost for Israel

New book claims biblical readings of political events lead to support for Jewish state.

NOVEMBER 1, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
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Felicia Friedman, 94, Holocaust survivor refused to relinquish her faith

While lacking a formal Jewish education beyond age 13, Friedman was a proud and committed Jew

JUNE 5, 2020BySAM SOKOL/JTA
Memorial for Plaszow Concentration Camp

1 in 4 Americans say pandemic strengthened their faith. For Jews, it’s 7%

The survey, published Thursday by the Pew Research Center, found that Jews had the lowest percentage of respondents whose faith has been strengthened by the crisis.

MAY 2, 2020ByBEN SALES/JTA
An Orthodox Jewish man wears a mask while talking on a cellphone in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Borough Park neighborhood during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 30, 2020.

How it really was: Eliyahu the prophet, in snow and sun

The story of Rabbi Jacob Sonderling and a special Shabbat during World War I.

MAY 31, 2019ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
A portrait of Rabbi Dr. Jacob Sonderling (1868-1964), who was called ‘my fighting rabbi’ by Theodor Herzl; he fought for Zionism and served as a chaplain to fight for Jewish lives

Jerusalem Prize for Unity awarded to Moishe House

The network of houses throughout the world are being honored for their outreach work for young Jews worldwide.

MAY 30, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Young Jews from around the world gather in London for the Moishe House Internatty Conference 2018