(JTA) — After a game, it’s not uncommon for football players to kneel in a prayer circle at midfield. But Zevi Eckhaus, the Washington State Cougars’ Jewish starting quarterback, tends to do so in a ...

Michael Alexander Shapira, who is of Romanian Jewish and African American heritage, faced pressure from teammates over his ...

The city Department of Education’s decision ends a decades-long practice of granting a designated day off for holiday preparations, requiring teachers to use personal or vacation days instead.The post ...

A person who converts to Judaism becomes a Jew is just as Jewish as someone born into Judaism. There is a good precedent for this. Ruth, the great-great grandmother of King David, was a convert to ...

A bill currently before Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, is bringing the long-debated and divisive issue of prayer at the ...

Kars4Kids, a nonprofit Jewish group, has raked in hundreds of millions of dollars. But why are they being sued and where does the money actually go?

Purim, a colorful Jewish holiday celebrating resilience and bravery, begins March 2 at sundown.

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

JCC Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival returns March 7-22, featuring 21 films including documentaries, dramas, comedies, and family features, with special select post-film Q&As. Now in its ...

Major American Jewish groups quickly backed the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran Saturday morning, while urging heightened security at Jewish institutions amid fears of retaliation. The strikes, which were ...

Richard Roberts had a pretty good idea what kind of video Tyler Oliveira was planning to make about Lakewood, his heavily Orthodox town in New Jersey. After learning of Oliveira’s planned trip, ...

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