IV therapy — from Instagram to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 21, 2023
The rise of non-medical IV treatments, a trend in so-called “wellness” culture that celebrities including Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber have popularized, has been...
Zelensky meets Jewish leaders
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 21, 2023
Volodymyr Zelensky met with 15 Jewish soldiers and 32 Chabad rabbis on Sept. 14, a day ahead of Rosh Hashanah, marking the Jewish president of Ukraine’s first official...
Lab grown meat: kosher but not parve
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 14, 2023
The Orthodox Union has granted kosher certification to a type of lab-grown meat, a decision that could signal an expansion of the options available under Judaism’s...
Yes, for Jews in York, there was life after 1190
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAAug 31, 2023
Last month, the small Jewish community in the British city of York celebrated the arrival of a new rabbi, its first since the city’s Jewish community was nearly wiped...
Yeshiva University creates a space for Christians to study Judaism
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAAug 17, 2023
Emily Talento grew up with Jewish friends and relatives on Long Island, attending Passover seders, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and Shabbat dinners. When she arrived at...
Curator returns items to Holocaust victims’ descendents
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAJun 22, 2023
German museum curator Matthias Weniger is devoting his energy to restituting stolen art at his institution. Along the way, he has provided genealogical research that, in...
Artistic answer to hate
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAJun 08, 2023
A massive mural of a Jewish mother lighting Shabbat candles has just gone up in a Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles, the first in a series of anti-hate murals planned...
Matzah pajamas selling unleavened hotcakes
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAMar 30, 2023
Rabbi Yael Buechler conceived of her latest product two years ago, after planning ways to make the Passover seder fun for her two young sons.
A shul with an ice rink — in Minnesota of course!
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAFeb 09, 2023
Temple of Aaron in St. Paul is inviting families to bundle up and have fun on what is believed to be the first-ever skating rink on a synagogue property.
Helena synagogue returned to Jewish hands
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 08, 2022
HELENA — The Jewish community in Montana closed a deal Aug. 25 to reacquire the state’s first synagogue, built in 1891, returning it to Jewish ownership for the...
