Rabbi Sacks Legacy launches Passover seder activity

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy has launched a new interactive family activity for the Passover seder.  The scavenger hunt, made available by the charitable trust which honors the life and teachings of former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, offers a creative way for families to celebrate and learn about the upcoming Passover holiday. Joanna Benarroch, chief executive […]

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Meet Jewish teens whose social media experience is better than you think

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. At the SAR High School, an Orthodox Jewish day school  in Riverdale, New York, teens participate in anti-harassment training every fall. Students listen carefully as faculty list […]

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Chabad holds Kotel bar mitzvah ceremony for more than 120 orphans

A group of 121 orphaned boys celebrated their bar mitzvah together in Jerusalem this week, marking the occasion at the Western Wall in an effort organized by Colel Chabad, a veteran social services group in Israel. The program for bar mitzvah boys who have suffered the loss of a parent has run since 2002.  The […]

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Purim Shpiel: Regev to fix traffic by driving Tel Aviv-J’lem shuttle bus

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) In a bid she claims will “100% solve” Israel’s massive traffic and transportation crisis, Transportation Minister Miri Regev has decided to leave politics for a new career: driving a shuttle bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. “The […]

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Purim Shpiel: Israelis enter mikveh clothed to protest Kotel modesty law

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) A group of reformed and unreformed Jews stormed a popular mikveh in Safed dressed in several layers of clothing, in protest of Shas’s proposed Western Wall modesty bill. Religious mikveh-goers were shocked, and scrambled to hide, while […]

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Purim Shpiel: Israel has over 4m. cats amid meows for binational state

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) With a report from Agriculture Ministry that the cat population in Israel has surpassed four million, the cat lobby in the Knesset has stepped its campaign to force a binational state for people and cats. Given their […]

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Purim Shpiel: Palestinians to legal protesters: ‘Day of Rage’ is ours

The Jerusalem Roast, a satirical news section on The Jerusalem Post in honor of Purim (credit: JERUSALEM POST) A group of Palestinians from Ramallah have filed a petition with the High Court of Justice in Israel against the use of the label “Day of Rage” in connection with the judicial reform protest movement. “We’ve worked […]

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Chaim Topol, who brought Fiddler to the screen, dies at 87

Chaim Topol, who passed away in Israel on Wednesday, was a beloved, acclaimed Israeli actor, best known around the world for his portrayal of Tevye in the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. He was 87. Decades before Gal Gadot, Topol was the first Israeli to conquer Hollywood, receiving an Oscar nomination for Best […]

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Hundreds say goodbye to Chaim Topol in ceremony at Tel Aviv theater

Beloved actor Chaim Topol‘s coffin was placed in the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv where a memorial ceremony was held on Friday morning. Hundreds of people came to pay their respects in the ceremony in which Culture and Sport Minister Mikki Zohar, Rivka Michaeli, Oded Cutler, Gabi Armani and Topol’s daughter Adi gave speeches. Topol’s […]

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‘Kim Kardashian of the cat world’: Gacek draws tourists to Polish city

Cat lovers are heading to the Polish city of Szczecin to catch a glimpse of Gacek, a chubby black-and-white feline who has become an internet sensation. The cat is sometimes found on a blanket in a small open-fronted wooden box, made by his owner, where he has lived for more than 10 years on Kaszubska […]

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