Now, 56 years later, Milstein has decided to become Bat Mitzvah at Temple Judea of Bucks County, where she has been the preschool director for 26 years.

The Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia was first held in 1996, and this year marks its 30th program, which opens on March 7 and continues through March 22. Most of the films will be shown at the ...

When Renanit Baker and her husband were looking for a new city to settle down in, they wanted a place with plentiful resources and a large Jewish community where “you still really matter.” ...

The governing body for the Olympics is defending its sale of a limited-edition T-shirt commemorating the 1936 Olympic Games ...

The U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, on Monday criticized what he termed local authorities’ “antisemitic harassment” of mohels, performers of Jewish circumcision.

In the years since school libraries became a culture-war flashpoint, Texas has been one of the most active states to pull ...

No matter what happens when Israel’s bobsled team hits the ice next week at the 2026 Winter Olympics, team captain Adam “AJ” Edelman has already had a year for the history books. The 34-year-old ...

Cantor Jacob Agar of Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park always loved music and Judaism, but it wasn’t until he sang at his grandfather’s funeral that he first thought about combining the two for ...

David Ferleger, Esq., has always wanted to help people. He went to college in the tumultuous 1960s, and decided as a young ...

Albert “Al” A. Chazin was the kind of grocer customers came looking for by name — the familiar voice in the produce department, the person who remembered what you liked, and the one who would talk ...

While there were no Jewish representatives at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Philadelphian Jews still played a pivotal role in shaping the Bill of Rights and in the American revolution.

This year, the congregation is celebrating its second tribute dinner, honoring five congregants for their outstanding ...