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While hormones gradually decline as older women approach menopause, younger women who undergo surgery-induced menopause may experience a sudden and dramatic hormonal crash. (Justin Paget/Getty, via JTA)
Women who undergo surgery to remove their ovaries or breasts to reduce their risk of cancer may experience sudden and dramatic menopause. One Jewish group is finding ways to help them.
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An AI-generated video shows a U.S. soldier speaking fluent Hebrew with a reporter and eating falafel. (Screenshot)
A sleepy southern Industrial city, Kiryat Gat is part of a multi-national civil-military coordination center set up to monitor the Gaza ceasefire.
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Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, aka “Annie Londonderry,” poses with the bicycle she rode around the world in the 1890s. She is considered the world's first international female sports star. (Provided by JTA)
“Pedal Pusher,” a children’s picture book about 19th-century cyclist Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, was flagged due to DEI concerns.
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Make Hummus, Not War: Palestinian Jalil Dabit (right) wears a shirt that translates to, “I am a hummussexual.” He and Israel-born Oz Ben David (left) opened Kanaan in 2015. (Elisabeth Patrikiou, via JTA)
With the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli and Palestinian owners of Kanaan are optimistic about the survival of their enterprise.
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Oren Kaunfer, a spiritual educator at the Boston-area Jewish Community Day School, uses technology to get students to think creatively about their spiritual life and practices. (Adam Richins, via JTA)
To enhance the pipeline of Jewish teachers, a new initiative is launching a pilot program to spark interest in day school teaching from a young age.
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Thousands gather at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square to celebrate the return of the hostages on Oct. 13. (Miriam Alster/Flash90, via JTA)
Scenes of joyful reunions are played out in public and private.
Read MoreFor more than seven decades, Saul Zabar led his family’s famed Jewish market, beloved for its bagels, smoked fish, and classic Ashkenazi fare.
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A kibbutz member receives her homecoming kit from the Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitation Fund. (Courtesy KMRF, via JTA)
Among those who are relocating to Israel’s kibbutzim are young Israelis with a desire to revive the Zionist dream.
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Jewish languages, like ancestors, bring tradition into the sukkah. (Illustration by Grace Yagel, provided by JTA)
When you invite your ancestors into your sukkah, consider bringing their Jewish languages in, too, writes Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor.
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Congregants and members of the public are shown in the aftermath of the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images, via JTA)
In the wake of the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester, British Jewry must remain united and vigilant, writes Rabbi Miriam Lorie.
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Attendees listen as names of Palestinian infants killed in the war in Gaza are read aloud during a vigil organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland, College Park, campus in October of 2024 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, via JTA)
Eighteen Jewish student groups at College Park vowed to boycott future meetings over the timing of the vote.
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