rabbi

Fake rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons

Hayim Nissim Cohen, a former TikTok rabbi, was sentenced for the sexual assault of his adoptive sons, ending his deceptive career.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
10/04/2025

Fake rabbi appointed head of Colombia Religious Affairs bought title online

Rabbi Dr. Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar regularly takes to social media to denounce Zionist Jews as "Nazis" and "false Jews."

123 orphan boys celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall

The war has left hundreds of Israeli families bereaved, and thousands of children facing life without their fathers. This year’s Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah carried extra weight for boys who lost it all

Iran paid $200,000 for failed assassination of Azerbaijani rabbi

IRGC officials met with known drug trafficker Agil Aslanov last fall, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The officials gave Aslanov a photo of the rabbi and instructions on the killing.

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43

The former Venice Beach rabbi was remembered as "kind, brave, decent, and good"—a pioneer whose early advocacy fostered today's more inclusive communities.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
25/03/2025

Man who viciously attacked Orleans rabbi arrested, victim tells 'Post'

The attacker was a minor, according to a social media statement by French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

French rabbi assaulted, bitten in front of son on way back from synagogue

Rabbi Arié Engelberg was on his way back from synagogue when he was reportedly kicked, punched, and bitten on the shoulder.

Chabad rabbi becomes most senior haredi engineer at Microsoft

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.

'Fear No Pharaoh': US Jews and slavery – from implicated to appalled

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
15/03/2025
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When the world turns upside down, rabbis can help us keep our heads on straight

In uncertain times, rabbis provide guidance, connection, and resilience—helping Jewish communities navigate chaos, identity, and moral challenges.

By RABBI SHIRA KOCH EPSTEIN/JTA
12/03/2025
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