WOODMERE, Long Island -- Jacob Steinmetz's blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The Long Island native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to ...

Thousands of years ago the central practice of Yom Kippur involved two goats. These goats would be taken by the high priest who would draw lots to decide which one would be immediately sacrificed in ...

Following a national search, the Jewish Education Project (formerly the Board of Education of Greater New York) last week named David Bryfman its next CEO, succeeding Robert Sherman, who will retire ...

Jacob Steinmetz's blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a major ...

Samuel L. Spector, leader of Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City, had a quick and witty response when Jake Retzlaff called from Provo a few months ago to let the young rabbi know that he is playing ...

(JTA) — Every seven years, in ancient times, Jewish men, women, and children would gather at the Temple on the first day of Sukkot to hear the king of Jerusalem read aloud from the Torah. In 2022, ...

BOISE – Nearly 50 years after immigrating to the United States, Moses Alexander was on his way to becoming the nation’s first practicing Jewish governor. It was Sept. 1, 1914. The 60-year-old Boise ...