Agudath Israel’s Avi Shafran shills for the Bush administration in today’s Jerusalem Post, taking a swipe at the progressive’s pre-occupation with tikkun olam: Redefinition of
Mark Saper, an indie software developer, has created a widget for the Mac OS X Dashboard which culls data from Hebcal.com, offering local Shabbat and
We’ve heard of people doing some crazy things in the name of religion, but in a press release we received to promote the new Bib
With concerns about the religious Right’s power-plays dominating the discourse in the liberal Jewish community these days, Jonathan Tobin, executive editor of Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent
JPost reports, Tourism Minister Avraham Hirchson has shunned US evangelical leader Pat Robertson shortly before the two were to sign a major funding deal for
The JTA reports, Like the Orthodox synagogues in Rio, Bonder’s congregation chants in Hebrew. Congregants wear yarmulkes and prayer shawls, and most keep kosher. Many
The AP reports, What started out as a modest effort to raise money for a homeless shelter has blossomed into a triumph of understanding and
WaPo reports, “I feel jealous sometimes. This term that keeps coming up in the Old Book — the Chosen, the Chosen,” says the minister, who
“Orthodox leaders are so infuriated by the city’s educational efforts that some threatened to protest at the mayor’s inauguration wearing yellow Stars of David. In
USA Today reports, A pastor who has spoken out against homosexuality was arrested after propositioning a male undercover police officer outside a hotel, authorities said.