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Late governor Mario Cuomo: A Sicilian altar boy turned New York Shabbos goy

Mario Cuomo credited his sensitivity to the needs of the Orthodox to his childhood in Queens.

By Ron Kampeas | Jan 4, 2015 | 01:10 PM | 2

Former N.Y. governor Mario Cuomo dies at 82
By T.G. Branfalt
ADL mourns passing of Mario Cuomo, 'staunch friend to the Jewish people'
By Haaretz

Dr. Moshe Wallach, left, at the hospital.

The mysterious death that ignited Jerusalem's religious-secular rift

Did the head of a Jerusalem hospital 'sacrifice' a seriously ill youth on the altar of piety? A medical incident 101 years ago may shed light on the roots of the discord in Israeli society.

By Nir Hasson | Jan 3, 2015 | 10:25 AM

People of the (stolen) book: Did Israel's National Library engage in systematic theft?

New book casts a shadow on the way the National Library acquired some of its most treasured items, such as Torah scrolls from Yemen and books belonging to Palestinians.

By Ofer Aderet | Jan 2, 2015 | 08:02 PM | 7

Children playing a baseball game in the streets of Havana.

For a Jewish baseball purist, Cuba beckons

Will Cuba's professional baseball scene disappear after the U.S. renews relations?

By Hillel Kuttler | Dec 29, 2014 | 11:37 AM

Jewish activists protesting against racism and police brutality on Hanukkah.

U.S. rabbis protest racism, preach compassion

Jewish activists demand police accountability and reform following spate of deaths of unarmed African Americans.

By The Forward , Sam Kestenbaum | Dec 27, 2014 | 05:04 PM | 3

Pro-BDS student attending the first "Open Hillel" conference.

The year BDS became the number one concern for American Jews

Last academic year, Jewish groups faced the 'most organized campaign to demonize Israel,' says Hillel CEO. In response, Jewish organizations have shifted their strategy.

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen | Dec 27, 2014 | 09:00 AM | 14

Nine Jews who changed the sound of jazz

Jazz originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in African-American communities — most notably in New Orleans. As it spread, the music began to draw on different traditions, including the work of Jewish composers who populated Tin Pan Alley.

By The Forward , Curt Schleier | Dec 27, 2014 | 03:58 AM

Letters from Italian Jewish soldiers in World War I – who would die in the Holocaust

The Anticolis, for instance, had 13 children, of whom four would fight in WWI: yet they lost their citizenship and lives during WWII.

By Micol Debash | Dec 26, 2014 | 04:05 AM

Christmas Day Classic team photo from 2013.

A storied Jewish 'Christmas Day Classic' turns 50

Local Dallas residents celebrate the 50th anniversary of their yearly Christmas Day pick-up football game.

By JTA | Dec 25, 2014 | 09:44 AM

For Cuban Jews, the ‘black messiah’ delivers the goods

A Haaretz reporter recalls her close encounter with members of Havana’s tiny Jewish community, one of whom had high hopes for Barack Obama years before the U.S. president renewed ties with Cuba.

By Judy Maltz | Dec 24, 2014 | 09:20 PM

BBC exec says he's 'never been so uncomfortable as a Jew in the U.K.'

Danny Cohen questions Jews' future in Britain amid increasing anti-Semitism; Jewish leader says BBC is part of the problem.

By Haaretz | Dec 24, 2014 | 01:35 PM | 4

'Tis the season: Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?

It's not just because no other restaurants are open; the custom dates back to the Lower East Side at the turn of the century, the Atlantic reports.

By Haaretz | Dec 24, 2014 | 11:59 AM

Hanukkah hazards: The dark side of the Festival of Lights

Burns resulting from candle-lighting sound plausible, but people choking on donuts? This is not a danger-free holiday.

By Judy Maltz | Dec 23, 2014 | 06:21 PM

The Israeli Reformation

Reform Jews - Lior Mizrahi/Baubau - May 30, 2012

Why non-Orthodox Judaism is a disaster for Israel

By Rabbi Avi Shafran | 12:43 PM | 30

The Israeli Reformation || Israelis shocked to discover: There is more than one Judaism

By Judy Maltz | 03:21 PM | 12

In Israel, Conservative Judaism speaks Spanish

By Allison Kaplan Sommer | 04:28 PM

Someone Else's Simcha

Kids in the classroom with their tallit-shaped goodie bags

Someone Else's Simcha || A toddler's sweet entry, letter by letter, into Hasidic life

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 02:14 PM

Someone Else’s Simcha / Bar and Bat Mitzvah for the deaf makes all the right noises

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 10:29 AM

Someone Else’s Simcha / A couple from an ancient Jewish sect ties the knot, modern-Israel style

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 09:11 AM

Jewish World News

Alan Dershowitz denies involvement in underage sex scandal

By JTA | 04:31 PM | 19

ADL mourns passing of Mario Cuomo, 'staunch friend to the Jewish people'

By Haaretz | 10:00 PM

Gay-bashing, anti-Semitic U.S. pastor dupes rabbis into appearing in film

By Haaretz | 10:04 AM | 5

26 Billion Bucks

Part 3 || Those Jewish charity parties? Pricey

By The Forward , Josh Nathan-Kazis | 10:15 PM

Jewish World Opinions

N.Y. mayor must outlaw dangerous circumcision rite before another baby dies

By Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | 04:20 PM | 18

Without a Palestinian state, Israel can never be Jewish or democratic

By Stephen Robert | 10:41 PM | 2

How I know BDS will win, and I will lose

By Raphael Magarik | 04:01 PM

The Jewish Thinker

Foreign funding for Israeli politicians undermines Diaspora ties

By Joel Braunold | 06:29 PM

What's a Jew to do on Christmas?

By Yael Miller | 11:27 PM

Residents of Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood light a candles on the third night of Hanukkah

The case against banning Hanukkah

By Dr. Samuel Lebens | 03:15 AM

Rabbis' Round Table

USY leaders' decision to drop interdating ban was not a betrayal of Conservative Jewish values

Why I’m still a Conservative Jew

By Rabbi Michael Knopf | 03:07 PM

Why Jewish teens backing Shabbat observance was the big USY story

By Rabbi Dan Dorsch | 06:59 PM

On the eve of Hanukkah, a story of a fallen high priest

By Rabbi Yehoshua Looks | 11:14 AM