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Just a few weeks ago, before a huge Rosh Hashanah audience, Rabbi Rachel Timoner thundered from the pulpit of her large Brooklyn synagogue against the government in Israel.

Fifty years ago, as a young student activist deeply involved in the Religious Zionists of America, the Mizrachi Organization’s arm in the United States, I started a PR campaign for Israel and called it “Israel at 25, Happy Free and Alive.” Being professionally involved in graphic arts and print marketing, I printed up thousands of “Israel at 25” bumper stickers which eventually adorned the bumpers of many cars in numerous Jewish communities in the United States.

Jewish families mourning a loved one who is missing, but not confirmed dead, face an agonizing choice: Sit shiva, or keep waiting?

A new coalition of 81 Jewish groups, both secular and religious, is trying to address the nation's dearth of poll workers.

Baruch Lanner, who was convicted of assaulting two students in 2002, will be allowed to remain in Israel for the next year under a temporary residence visa.

What happened with Leifer needs to be a lesson for the Israeli government that sex offenders are not wanted in the country.

Baruch Lanner, who was convicted for abusing pupils, will be allowed to remain in Israel for the next year under a temporary residence visa

Baruch Lanner, who served nearly three years in prison for sexually assaulting students, arrived in Israel as a tourist and is now applying for citizenship

Baruch Lanner is a former orthodox rabbi who was convicted of child sexual abuse and sat for almost three years in prison.

The Jewish world has a longstanding aversion to tattoos. Even among largely secular Jews, the taboo against body ink remains powerful - a