Seder observance Friday at Temple Emanu-El

Temple Emanu-El will celebrate the Tu B’Shevat holiday Friday with a wine-tasting seder and dinner led by Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon.

After Iran nuke revelation, Israel marks especially solemn Yom Kippur

JERUSALEM — The start of the Jewish Day of Atonement at sundown Sunday marked the beginning of a day like no other in Israel, on which even Israelis with no connection to religion tend to put their normal lives on hold.

Menorah depiction is among the earliest

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday.

Menorah depiction is among the earliest

With its 2 founders serving time, church of pot is devastated

The two Southeastern Arizona founders of a church that deifies marijuana are both serving time in federal prison for illegal drug possession.

With its 2 founders serving time, church of pot is devastated

Variety is the hallmark of classes at Hebrew High

Tucson Hebrew High is gearing up for another dynamic year of Judaic studies, this year with a focus on the environment. Students who take the Judaism and the Environment class will have the opportunity to learn water-harvesting techniques and become better informed about solar energy, water …

'Taste of Judaism' open to everyone

Temple Emanu-El's outreach motto is "If you're in the northwest, we're bringing Judaism to you," and the temple has followed that motto for the past eight years, bringing Jewish classes, Sabbath and holiday observances and family events to the northwest side.

Jerusalem dig yields rare inscribed cup

U.S. archaeologists have found an extremely rare 2,000-year-old limestone cup inscribed with 10 lines of Aramaic or Hebrew script near the Zion Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Unborn have power over how we live

Every day I check a blog called Marginal Revolution, which is famous for its erudite authors, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, and its intelligent contributors. Last week, one of those contributors asked a question that is fantastical but thought-provoking: What would happen if a freak solar e…

Black female rabbi a first for US Jews

CINCINNATI — Alysa Stanton began quenching her spiritual thirst early, discovering Judaism after a search that began at age 9 and worried her mother only when a man called the house one night asking for her youngest child.

Black female rabbi a first for US Jews

Benedict departs Holy Land with plea: Stop war and terror

JERUSALEM — Pope Benedict XVI ended his pilgrimage to the Holy Land Friday with a stirring call for peace at the site of Jesus' crucifixion and then made an emotional appeal to Israel and the Palestinians: "No more bloodshed. No more fighting. No more terrorism. No more war."

Benedict departs Holy Land with plea: Stop war and terror

Israeli PM asks pope to speak loudly against Iran

NAZARETH, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Pope Benedict XVI to "make his voice heard loud" against Iran's call for the destruction of the Jewish state. But his focus on Iran did not mask a key difference with the pontiff over whether Palestinians deserve a stat…

Israeli PM asks pope to speak loudly against Iran

New York City ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish walking tour

NEW YORK — The city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn to each other with a commitment to simpler lifestyles.

Controversy over speaker at Obama's prayer event

WASHINGTON — A Muslim scholar chosen to speak at President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural prayer service Wednesday is the leader of a group that federal prosecutors say has ties to terrorists.

Italian rabbis blast pope, bow out of interfaith ceremony

VATICAN CITY — Italy's rabbis said Tuesday they were pulling out of the Italian Catholic Church's annual celebration of Judaism Saturday, saying recent decisions by Pope Benedict XVI were negating 50 years of interfaith progress.