Breaking the Glass at a Jewish Wedding.
Of all the symbolic acts of a Jewish wedding, perhaps the most well-known and well-loved is breaking the glass.
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Hasidic Jews dance with Pope Francis at Vatican.
A delegation of rabbis and activists from the United States, headed by Rabbi Chaim Baruch Gluck and Louis Scheiner, met today with the Pope at Vatican
Pesach: liberation from physical and spiritual slavery.
Of course we all know what Pesah means: “to pass over” (cf Ex: 12,13: I will see the blood and I will pass over you’’. In fact, Pesah celebrates several “pass overs”… several “passages”. In the Pesah Haggada, the central Midrash on Dt 26:5-8 is introduced by two Biblical references: the first one is Read More
Conservative US Jews open the door to non-Jews.
The umbrella organization of the Conservative Jewish Congregation in the United States for the first time encourages communities to officially accept non-Jewish friends.
Drama shows struggle against Holocaust deniers.
A film related to the controversies that still today arise about the truthfulness of the Holocaust was released last year (2016).
Father of Sion who saved more than 500 during WWII completes 50 years of death.
This Saturday (January 28) marks 50 years since the death of the remarkable father of Sion who saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Second World War. Father Théomir Devaux (d. 28 January 1967) devoted most of his life to the development of Judeo-Christian relationship. He spent several years at Ratisbonne Monastery, in Jerusalem and Read More