Black Jewish congregations have existed in America for about a century, but they generally have remained apart from the broader Jewish community. Rabbi Capers Funnye is trying to change that.

(JTA) — The first African-American female rabbi will leave her congregation this summer. Rabbi Alysa Stanton’s contract with Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C., was not renewed ...

Rabbi Stanton's name holds meaning ... "I was told that because I was Black, older, and a woman, I probably wouldn't get one," explained Stanton. In rooms where she sought belonging, she often ...

Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, a key turning point in American history transpired in the heart of Alabama, when hundreds of peaceful demonstrators marching for Black voting rights were violently ...

Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, was questioned by Israel Police on suspicion of committing an indecent act against a minor under the age of 16 and subsequently released on ...

Rabbi Yaakov Medan, head of Har Etzion Yeshiva, responds to the comments by the dean of the Slabodka Yeshiva Rabbi Dov Lando, considered one of the leaders of the non-Hassidic (Litvish) haredi ...