or Jewish ritual bath, none of which exist in Iceland, a nation of some 300,000 people. A Chabad spokesman said Reykjavík is one of only a handful of European capital cities without a synagogue.

It is the second year that Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville has harvested ice for its mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath used in rites of renewal and purification, including conversion ceremonies ...

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Rivke. Outside Jewish circles, no one knows that name, nor what gender it’s associated with. When I meet people in person, ...

Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent. Inna Vernikov, a Jewish Republican, says she quit the New York City Council’s women’s caucus due to its rhetoric on Israeli women ...

Volunteers harvested more than 3 tons of ice Sunday in Freeman Township for a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath used in rites of renewal and purification, at Beth Israel Synagogue. FREEMAN TOWNSHIP ...

What we know about Tzipporah, the wife of Moshe, is learnt from snippets here and there in the Torah, embellished by Midrashim and the Gemara. We first encounter Tzipporah in parshat Shemot (2:21 ...

Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages, laws appeared in both the Codex Theosianus and the ...

is one of those Jewish practices that doesn’t always, ahem, dovetail with 21st-century mores. The ritual has often encountered clucks of disapproval, and this High Holiday season is no different.

Maha Kumbh 2025 witnessed an overwhelming turnout on the auspicious occasion of Magh Purnima, as millions of devotees took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj. Adding to the spiritual ...

South Africa's first black female nuclear scientist, Senamile Masango, a trailblazer who set out to inspire young women, has died aged 37, the government has confirmed. Ms Masango, dubbed "the ...