Kipa Exclusive: Synagogues in Israel have opened. What about the rest of the world? Many communities around the world have begun reopening synagogues in accordance with regulations. The synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, which opened two weeks ago, was the first
Can a person in home-quarantine read the megillah via Skype? As coronavirus places people in isolation, rabbis grapple with how to help their communities fulfil Torah commandments By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN | MARCH 5, 2020 As the coronavirus spreads across the world, requiring people
Italy: Communal prayer becomes prohibited in some areas Italian Jewish life in danger as result of COVID-19 spread, following new government ban on gatherings in some areas, including religious. Mordechai Sones | Arutz 7 | 25/02/20 New regulations issued by
‘I’m going to die and I want my death to be a Jewish one’ Paula delved into Christianity and monasteries were her refuge during the Holocaust. But now, at 94, she’s decided that when she dies, she wants her death
“You walk around freely with your kippa on?” Oped by Rabbi Uzi Levian | October 31, 2019 On the night of Yom Kippur, following a moving prayer service and a reunion with Gothenburg’s Jewish members, some of whom I had
Portuguese Town to get Country’s first Eruv in 500 Years The eruv is due to be completed on Monday and will be fit for use this coming Shabbat. By Jeremy Sharon | 28 October, 2019 For the first time in
From Israel with Love OTS Amiel BaKehila launches a new year of increased activity with symposium for mission delegates. Rabbi Kenneth Brander: “”All of you represent a new paradigm, a new phenomenon: that Diaspora Jewry can be influenced and inspired
“Why go out on shlichut?” asked Shiran and Yoni Dreyer, an OTS-trained educator couple recently placed in Omaha, Nebraska. “That’s a question we found ourselves pondering often over the course of our training. “Every generation has its challenge, every generation
Leaving Home – Again But we had always considered Israel to be our home, and this served as a great advantage to us. Oped by Sarah and Netanel Ansani | July 30, 2019 The moment we came to Israel we
Indonesia’s small but determined Jewish community The Jews of the largest Muslim country are descended from those who fled forced conversion in Peru; they number in the scant hundreds and practice their faith in secret, but now they have the
“I am the ‘other’” “We’ve all felt at some point or another in our lives that we do not belong,” says Rabbi Benjy Myers, Educational Director of the Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel emissary training programs. “As educational and spiritual leaders, we
Rabbinical Emissary Program to Diaspora Celebrates 20 Years of Work The program, an initiative of the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, began in 1999 with the goal of providing Jewish communities in the Diaspora with rabbis and teachers to
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