There are joys in being retired! It affords me the luxury of being more selective about what I accept to do. It allows me time to reflect, to write, to volunteer, to speak on things that matter to me ...

Will you pre-purchase tickets? Due to venue restrictions, we currently have to pre-purchase tickets for the Jewish Synagogue to ensure you're able to take part in the guided visit. Please note that ...

Congregation Shearith Israel's lawsuit accuses Congregation Jeshuat Israel of misappropriating funds and removing Torah ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. Today in History: May 22, strongest earthquake recorded strikes Chile 2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in ...

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s president lamented “disappointing” talks Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary that did not ease stiff U.S. tariffs on Swiss goods, but ...

“[Whether it be] complicated family dynamics, just learning how to manage a congregation and the issues that come up between people, the families, community, staff, board, all the different parts that ...

The Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding for synagogues, schools and Jewish community centers to pay for security measures to protect their buildings from attack. Congress provided $ ...

One of my treasured possessions is the result of their work, Wooden Synagogues, published in 1959 in Warsaw. I bought the ...

Several decades ago, my wife and I were married under the candlelit chandeliers of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. The congregation’s longtime rabbi, Theodore Lewis, performed the ...

B’nai Brith Canada has welcomed the decision by a Quebec court to deny bail to the man accused of firebombing a Montreal synagogue in December 2024, calling it a necessary step in confronting ...

Rabbi Sholom Dovber Lipskar spent most of his life bringing positive change and spreading kindness to the Jewish community and beyond — especially to those who found themselves in crisis. That was ...