Daily Herald

Mister Rogers’ neighbor: Meet the Springville reverend who was a classmates of Fred Rogers

The Rev. George Lower has met countless individuals throughout his global ministry, from Anchorage, Alaska, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but none are more recognizable than an ex-classmate from more ...
Opinion
Jewish Telegraphic AgencyOpinion

I’m tutoring my mom for her bat mitzvah. It’s a joy to learn and grow together.

I’m sitting at the dining room table doing my Spanish homework while my mother sits across from me, tackling a daunting task: studying for her bat mitzvah. This scene is part of our weekly routine in ...
The Gazette

Temple Shalom class examines the history of Jewish humor

For a century, American Jews have had an outsized role in American comedy. From Groucho Marx to Jerry Seinfeld, Jackie Mason to Jon Stewart, Joan Rivers to Gilda Radner, and Jerry Lewis to Seth Rogen, ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Checks, charities and conversion classes: What the Epstein files show about Jeffrey Epstein’s Jewish world

Sometime in the early 2010s, Jeffrey Epstein walked into Dr. Steven Kaplan’s office for a root canal. The procedure took some time and required multiple visits. The two men got to chatting. “He was ...
Opinion

I’ve been spat at and called a ‘baby killer’ for being a Jewish student in Britain

Sometimes people – total strangers – come up to me in nightclubs and tell me that they want to slap sense into me. My friends are told they should drop me because I’m “immoral”. I’ve been spat at, ...
The Times of Israel

Checks, charities, conversion classes: What the Epstein files reveal about his Jewish world

JTA — Sometime in the early 2010s, Jeffrey Epstein walked into Dr. Steven Kaplan’s office for a root canal. The procedure took some time and required multiple visits. The two men got to chatting. “He ...
The Christian Century

Learning from women in the Hebrew Bible and Qur’an

The Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an celebrate the courage of a woman and her daughter from an ethnically marginalized class: Moses’ mother and sister. In a story that has inspired people across millennia, ...

Brevard swimmer who put faith before sport named Jewish Teen of Year

Michael Alexander Shapira, who is of Romanian Jewish and African American heritage, faced pressure from teammates over his decision. For his commitment to his faith, Shapira was recently named the ...

Mitch Albom: Attacks on Jews rooted in age-old hate are all too common

What happens when the place where you pray becomes the place where you risk your life? Ask members of Temple Israel, the site ...

Temple Israel was prepared for an attack. Jewish institutions have to be

Heavy security is nothing new for Jewish institutions across North America. That’s because of a concerted effort over many years to harden security and prepare for all manner of risks at synagogues, ...

Trial starting in Orthodox Jewish professor’s claims of religious discrimination by N.J. university

The university maintains that the professor’s numerous complaints were taken seriously and investigated. The investigations ...