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BERLIN (JTA) – Jews in Germany have been shaken this summer by a diminutive cantor with a big voice. But not in the way one might think. True, Avitall Gerstetter has one powerful set of pipes, as ...

Why do people choose a particular religion? Maud, a 46-year-old television journalist who has been drawn to spirituality ...

I thought the need for this conversation would have disappeared. Like, a few decades ago. I cannot believe I have to say this. Again. But, here goes. The other day, I was talking to someone about a ...

Sofia Richie has converted to Judaism ahead of her wedding to music producer Elliot Grainge. Ivanka Trump and Karlie Kloss both converted when they married Jared and Josh Kushner, respectively. Here ...

This 2021 photo provided by Haim Parag shows David Ben-Avraham at a supermarket in the Israeli town of Beit Shamesh, where he briefly worked, in Jerusalem. Ben-Avraham, a Palestinian who was born a ...

Judaism has long been perceived as a faith that does not actively seek converts. This notion, however, contrasts sharply with the growing number of individuals who are drawn to Judaism today. As the ...

Richie announced her engagement to music executive Elliot Grainge in April 2022. At that time, the two had been dating for about a year. Recently, Richie revealed that she’s made the decision to ...

Leah McSweeney defended her decision to convert to Judaism after critics said the star of “The Real Housewives of New York” was just following a fad. The 38-year-old, who was born and raised Catholic, ...

President Donald Trump put a spotlight on his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner during his Oct. 13 speech to the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The president traveled to the Middle ...

In Hulu’s The Patient, Steve Carell’s character Alan Strauss and his wife Beth practiced a Liberal or “Reform” Judaism. They raised their children, Shoshana and Ezra, in this religion. Beth was a ...

In 12 years of teaching “Introduction to the Jewish Experience” through HaMaqom|The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student ever asked me that question in those words. This year three students ...