SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Bay Area's Jewish community gathered for the first night of Hanukkah, but there is sadness, along with safety concerns, in the wake of the deadly shooting in Australia.

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research received $4 million from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to improve how severe mental ...

Michael Feinstein, cabaret legend, flips home for a nearly $1 million profit. Blue Gold Media/Jonathan Golden Cabaret legend and music preservationist Michael Feinstein just sold his West Hollywood, ...

For Rabbi Arielle Stein, dressing up every day isn’t only a form of self-expression; it’s a cornerstone of her rabbinic work. “Hiddur mitzvah is an important concept in Judaism,” she tells Vogue, ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo secured the backing from leaders of a typically bloc-voting Orthodox Jewish group on Sunday — after a rabbi in the Brooklyn sect reportedly issued an “unauthorized” mayoral ...

On Oct. 28, 1965, the Second Vatican Council issued the Nostra Aetate declaration, which transformed the Catholic Church’s views on Judaism. Afterward, multiple Catholic-Jewish conferences and groups ...

American Jewry is reeling following the sudden death of Rabbi Moshe Hauer, the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union who was widely known and admired across denominations. Hauer, the O.U.’s ...

And he said to them, “Set your hearts to all of the words which I bear witness for you this day, so that you may command your children to observe to do all the words of this Torah.” Just before ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

But for many camp is also about life transformation. Camp had a profound effect upon their life decisions and trajectory. What is the magic of camp that has such a lifelong residual effect on so many?