HaRav Avraham Elkana Shapira zt"l, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and head of the Mercaz HaRav flagship Religious Zionist Yeshiva, passed away on the first day of Sukkot, eighteen years ago, at the age ...

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A rabbi in New Jersey was assaulted in a random attack Sunday afternoon ahead of a weeklong Jewish holiday, prompting police to add extra patrols around residences and synagogues. Avraham Wein, the ...

The ancestral city of Hebron is taking on a holy atmosphere these days and is becoming the focus of the Jewish people's Selichot prayers. Head of the Hebron local council, Eyal Gelman, invites the ...

A rabbi and security guards at Heaton Park Synagogue have been hailed as "heroes" after they stopped a terror attacker from getting inside the building. Two Jewish ...

A hero rabbi is being praised for saving lives by remaining "incredibly calm" throughout this morning's harrowing synagogue attack. Rabbi Daniel Walker, who was seen with bloodstained robes outside ...

A rabbi who barricaded the doors of a synagogue while it was under a 'marauding terror attack' by a knifeman has today been hailed a hero. Rabbi Daniel Walker leapt ...

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Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner is keen to be heard as a progressive Jewish voice. An inclusion and development coach, she has been Rabbi at Bromley Reform Synagogue in south east London since April 2022.

A rabbi who risked his life to lead his congregation to safety during a terror attack at a Manchester synagogue has been hailed as a hero. Two people have died and ...

Heroic Rabbi Daniel Walker has spoken out after the Manchester Synagogue attack killing his worshippers. The Jewish community have since met back at Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall, to remember ...