On the night of Sept. 14, he recruited his 74-year-old father Peter, a retired rabbi who is in poor health, to accompany him to the site of the mural. They brought an ax, a sledgehammer and a pry ...

After President-elect Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address Monday, the next speaker Americans will hear will be a Bergen County rabbi. Ari Berman, a Teaneck resident and president of ...

Isak Haleva, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Türkiye, passed away at the age of 85, the community announced on Jan. 14. Haleva had served as chief rabbi since 2002, following the death of ...

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Jewish community is mourning after Isak Haleva, chief rabbi since 2002, died at 84 on Tuesday. Haleva was the 35th person to hold the title of Hahambaşi, by which the ...

(photo credit: Ricardo Perna. Via Shutterstock) Rome's chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticized Pope Francis over the pontiff's recent ramping up of criticism against Israel's military ...

Rav Yaakov Yoffen sent his two sons, Rav Aharon Yoffen and Rav Mordechai (Motty) Yoffen to learn at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, the American yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York headed by the famous Rav ...

Isak Haleva, Turkey's chief rabbi since 2002 who bridged traditional Sephardic Judaism with modern Turkish life while leading his community through decades of political change, has died at 84.

Baruch Borenstein, 83, was saved from being sent to Auschwitz while on the train from Belgium to Poland While en route to the death camp, a German Gestapo officer thought Mr Borenstein reminded ...

A website for easy registration of your community will soon be available. For more information or to register your community today, please contact Rabbi Baruch Hertz at 773-662-6743 or Rabbi Getsel ...