The word burst from Rabbi Eliezer’s throat like an oath. “He, the messiah! He, O Jews! He, the Messia!” The Kabbalist choked. His laughter had become a cry of passionate anger.

The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) created, in conjunction with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, uniform Conversion Policies and Standards (“GPS”) for conversion to Judaism and a nationwide network ...

Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel ... false accusations into violence against the Jewish people." "The stark bias in your responses since October ...

In the Hebrew Bible, the term “messiah” (Hebrew: mashiach, meaning “anointed one”) is used to describe individuals chosen by God for a specific purpose, such as kings, priests, or deliverers. The idea ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association, attends a Gala dinner during a two-day ...

“It really made me feel like this is my purpose in life and for a long time, I thought I would go into Jewish education.” Goldberg credits his wife for encouraging him to join the rabbinate.

The Holocaust of Greek Jews: When 59,000 Perished in Nazi Camps. Image: Registration of the Jews of Thessaloniki, Greece during the Holocaust by the Nazis, July 1942. Credit: Public Domain The ...

[Dorothea Shefer-Vanson] The Villa Sorge was a private residence into which 75 women were crowded, speaking a variety of languages, and not all of them Jews. A topic of speculation was who was a ...

(Unresolved issue in Talmudic terms) The Gemara (interpretation of the Mishna/Oral Law) says that the Messiah (or rather Prophet ... reasons that make this library unique. A Jewish educator from ...

If the idea of Sabbatai as the Messiah, which both he and Primo cherished ... he led the conversation toward the subject of the Jewish community of Smyrna. It was a cautions introduction.