(JTA) — Israel’s new prime minister is probably the first one who has stuck a wad of chewing gum to his head right before a public event. Naftali Bennett, who took office this week, is the first prime ...

First graders at camp are all going to be at wildly different developmental stages as well as having different experiences with Jewish observance. Throw in the fact that today’s 7-year-olds were only ...

Created by a mom, the "Allergy Alert" skullcap is simple, clever way to warn adults about a child's dangerous allergies. (JTA) — At 3 1/2, Peretz Apfelbaum may not completely understand it yet, but ...

The Old Jerusalemite shuffled into a tiny shul in Meah Shearim, one of the strictest Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Clad for Shabbat in a shtreimel and robe, he joined the other members of the ...

As a Jew, I want the bigots and their victims alike to know that I stand with the outsiders, an editor writes. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — I do not like wearing a kippah. I grew up in a Reform synagogue ...

If you’ve got $36,000 to spare, ModernTribe — a site that sells contemporary Judaica — has the perfect gift for you: A kippah made of diamonds. The kippah (literally called “The Kippah,” as if ...

(JNS) Rabbi Abraham Cooper, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, was part of a delegation that was about one-third of the way through a tour of Diriyah, a town in the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, ...

Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner suggested that Jews should think twice before wearing the traditional kippah skullcap in public due to a rise in attacks against Jews. “I cannot advise Jews to ...

Within two weeks of the Oct. 27 Pittsburgh massacre, the following incidents were reported in New York City: • Six teens hurled a pole through a Brooklyn synagogue window during evening prayers. • A ...