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JERUSALEM—In a normal year, hundreds of thousands of people from across Israel would be boarding buses bound for Meron to celebrate Lag BaOmer, which begins this year Monday evening, May 4. The day marks the passing of the Talmudic sage and Kabbalist Rabb...

JERUSALEM—“Ushering in Shabbat at the Kotel carries me through the week,” says Yaakov Schechter, a longtime Jerusalem resident. “It’s what makes me feel plugged-in to my people, my land and my G-d.” For 40 days, he couldn’t perform his regular weekly ritu...

JERUSALEM—As Passover approaches, this holy city is preparing seder tables with contingency plans, as ballistic missiles from Iran and quick dashes to shelters disturb them night after night. The calendar has not gone unnoticed. The ongoing war began in A...

JERUSALEM—Tonight, Jews around the world will read the Megillah. In New York, London, Buenos Aires and Sydney, children in costumes will shake their graggers, families will gather around tables, and the story of Haman’s downfall will be read aloud in syna...

Kosher dining has arrived in the Granite State. The Brooklyn Cafe opened its doors on July 7. in Newington, N.H., and is already serving the local community a taste of authentic New York kosher cuisine in a warm and friendly environment. The beautifully r...

The Ukrainian Postal Service unveiled a special stamp on July 9 in honor of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—as a tribute to his lasting impact on Ukrainian and international Jewry, as well as Ukrainian society as a whole. The s...

History was made on Tuesday, July 9, when the Jewish community of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, gathered to inaugurate ‘Mikvah Mei Elazar,’ the city’s first-ever mikvah. The mikvah’s opening marks a coming of age for Jewish life on the vast Kazakh steppe. Shymken...