Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
In Australia’s remote Tasmania, Jews welcome a rare visit from a former Israeli chief rabbi
On Wednesday morning, Israel’s former chief Ashkenazi rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, paid a rare visit to the Launceston Synagogue. The event attracted around 50 people, including government ministers ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs1mon
Former chief rabbi Metzger released on bail after alleged indecent act against minor
Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, was questioned by Israel Police on suspicion of committing an indecent act against a minor under the age of 16 and subsequently released on ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
A German town built a granary atop its Jewish cemetery. Now the bones are yielding insights about Ashkenazi DNA.
Now, Erfurt’s long-hidden Jewish past is again offering new insights — this time about the genetic history of Ashkenazi Jews. Human remains from a medieval Jewish cemetery in Erfurt have ...
Jewish Press17d
Chief Rabbis Demand Western Wall Stones Be Returned from Exhibits
The Rishon LeZion and Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Yosef, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Kalman Ber, and the Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites, Rabbi Shmuel ...
Jewish Journal12d
Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Candice Levy Chose the Classroom Over the Bima
As a high schooler at YULA and a student at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, Levy knew she wanted to work in a ...