Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, in Minnesota, Dylan has the Hebrew name Shabtai (derived from the word Shabbat) Zisl (meaning sweet) ben Avraham, and was bar mitzvahed on May 22, 1954. He attended cheder ...
In the greater Orthodox Jewish community, this avoidance is particularly evident when it comes to aggressively addressing the growing issue of exposure to pornography. While it’s true that each ...
In the most significant response in decades to the estimated 400,000 Israelis who are not considered Jewish by the Chief Rabbinate, the Cabinet expanded authority for conversion beyond a small group ...
Jews across the religious observance spectrum — from Reform to Conservative to Orthodox — focus on the same theme of bringing light into the darkness and emphasizing that even a small ...