Jewish life

Chief Rabbinate opens certification exams to women after High Court ruling

The Chief Rabbinate opens its exams to women after a court ruling deemed the long-standing exclusion unlawful. A historic moment for equality in Israel’s religious institutions.

Rabbi Kalman Ber attends the second round in the elections of for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024.
 Natan Sharansky.

'To succeed as a Jew is to survive,' Natan Sharansky tells 'Post' - interview

Bill Aron, whose early projects included a series on Jews living on New York's Lower East Side, discusses a new exhibit of his work at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, Feb. 4, 2026.

Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in a sweeping retrospective

The 16-story building at 9911 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles that Chabad plans to convert into the Chabad Campus for Jewish Life after a $100 million gift from real estate investor Alon Abady.

LA real estate investor donates $100M office tower to Chabad for largest Jewish center


From food to film: What an Indian thinks of kugel - opinion

The series created by Yehonatan Indursky, is an introspective work that uses the everyday textures of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life to tell a story about belonging, compromise, and emotional inheritance

 SASSON GABAI in ‘Kugel.

When is it enough?

"But the more I pushed toward Orthodoxy, the more I realized the driving force wasn’t spiritual longing, it was the pressure to satisfy an external standard."

Kai Balin on a journey to explore Orthodox Judaism

From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination

Three titles garnered the recommendation of the Association of Jewish Libraries: “Construction Site, Hanukkah Lights,” “Banana Menorah,” and “Lost and Found Hanukkah.”

 An illustrative photo of religious books.

Parashat Toldot: Jacob’s conviction and Israel’s moral clarity

Jacob walked with conviction in silence; we must learn to walk with conviction amid the noise. 

JACOB IS left without closure.

Innovative program at CUNY colleges retools Hillels as social service hubs for students

The program aspires to turn Hillels at CUNY schools, whose 16,000 Jewish students are almost all commuters, into hubs for Jewish life.

Muhlenberg College Hillel is pictured at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 26, 2025.

Memory and history: Quintessential components of who we are - opinion

As steeped as we are in our traditional ways of yore, we can adapt and change and incorporate new historical events into our lives.

AN IDF vehicle maneuvers inside the Gaza Strip last week. As Israel continues its defensive war to defeat Hamas and return our abused hostages, its reputation throughout almost the entire world devolves, the writer laments.

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report – Alarming Levels of Antisemitism Recorded in UK

1,521 anti-Semitic incidents recorded across the UK in January-July 2025, the second-highest total ever

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report

Brick by brick: The power of one in today’s fight for Jewish resilience - opinion

'The individual should never underestimate the power they have to make a difference.'

 An illustrative image of a man holding an Israeli flag.

Annual Shabbat in the Park Returns to New York on June 6

Young Jewish leaders to gather for JNFuture’s sold-out Shabbat in the Park, uniting in support of Israel and celebrating resilience through community and purpose.

 Jewish National Fund-USA's Shabbat in the Park

Amid rising antisemitism, Jewish life is surging on US campuses - opinion

A recent study from the Jewish Federations of North America found that nearly a third of American Jews have become more engaged in Jewish life since October 7.

 Students light candles this past Hanukkah during the Chabad on Campus International LivingLinks trip to Poland.