3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (272+ words) July 9, 2026, 7 AM ET The recipient of this heavy-hitting letter was Rabbi Yosef Baumgarten (1864-1933), the distinguished dayan and later av beit din of Vienna's famed Schiff Shul. Rav Baumgarten was a man deeply involved in the global communal affairs of the…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (190+ words) Jehovah's Witnesses are significantly expanding their foothold in the Hudson Valley. The religious group is increasing its footprint in the region with recent major real estate acquisitions and mega-construction projects. Last month, the organization expanded its World Headquarters by purchasing…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (173+ words) Tribes on the March The two portions of the Torah this week concern the route the Israelites took to reach their promised land. And laws about the 12 Tribes, their land allocation, and how they should be governed. The issue of…...

2+ hour ago  (932+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph. D. in El Cajon, California We live in a world that talks constantly about progress. We measure it by advances in technology, medicine, efficiency, and innovation. In many ways, that's entirely appropriate. We accomplish today what previous…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (512+ words) On my first visit to Williamson, W. Va. , during my student pulpit at B'nai Israel Congregation, the temple's president handed me a map of the city's downtown streets, marking the location of congregants' shops. "On Shabbat morning," he informed me, "our…...

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5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (213+ words) Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo, Norway, announced that he will open the canonization cause of author Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) this fall. Bishop Hansen said that Undset "lived a faithful Christian life in a world of turmoil. She stood firm in the…...

9+ hour, 9+ min ago  (432+ words) Grace Redemption Ministries donates essential supplies to Golden Age Home residents. Thursday 09 July 2026 | 05: 00 New Zealand church group, Grace Redemption Ministries members and pastors during their donation and prayer session with Labasa age care residents on July 9, 2026. A New Zealand church…...

19+ hour, 21+ min ago  (113+ words) AP Poll Jewish Adults The Lufkin Daily News FILE - People watch the lighting of the world's largest menorah on Fifth Avenue by Central Park for the seventh night of Hanukkah, Dec. 31, 2024, in New York. - Ring the bell! New Long John…...

15+ hour, 24+ min ago  (491+ words) Posted by: Marianna Stell The fifteenth-century encyclopedic manuscript in the Rosenwald Collection, Rosenwald 4, includes a diagram attributed to the thirteenth-century Franciscan, Master John of Metz. Called the "Tower of Wisdom" (Turris sapientiae), the diagram nests 131 morally instructive elements into an…...