Feb. 3—When Rabbi Jack Shlachter, an instructor for a new course on Jewish religion and culture in Santa Fe, opened the floor to questions at a recent class, Gil Gross piped up. "I'll see if I can get ...

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the flagship rabbinical school of Reform Judaism, will allow students to pursue ordination remotely, the school announced Tuesday, part of a program ...

(The Conversation) — The first Jewish summer camps were founded at the turn of the 20th century and have become cherished traditions. But many face tough questions about how to discuss Israel and ...

(RNS) — Hebrew Union College's New York City campus is moving to a smaller building. (RNS) — Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform movement’s rabbinical training school, is ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...

How is Yom Kippur celebrated? Yom Kippur is typically celebrated with a day of reflection, prayer and fasting. Followers of the Jewish faith attend religious services and do not eat from sundown to ...

Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur, ...

(JTA) — Almost one in four U.S. adults raised Jewish do not identify as religiously Jewish anymore, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. The study, published Wednesday, surveyed ...

(JTA) — A Jewish education group seeking to create the nation’s first publicly funded religious Jewish charter school took its case to Oklahoma’s charter school board Monday, reviving a high-stakes ...

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Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. (JTA) — Almost one in ...