CINCINNATI, June 7 (UPI) -- The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion says Alysa Stanton has become the first black female Jewish rabbi in U.S. history.
CINCINNATI, May 21 (UPI) -- A convert to Judaism who was raised as a Pentecostal Christian is about to become the first black woman rabbi in the United States, Jewish educators say.
LOS ANGELES, March 10 (UPI) -- An Orthodox rabbi in California says he's turning to a secular court in his fight to keep four Torah scrolls sought by the widow of another rabbi.
TINTON FALLS, N.J., June 9 (UPI) -- The first woman to be a rabbi in the United States, now serving in New Jersey, is planning her retirement.
NEW YORK, April 25 (UPI) -- Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, leader of the Orthodox Jewish sect Satmar Hasidim, died Monday in New York at age 91 and was buried Tuesday morning. The grand rabbi of one of the largest and fastest-growing sects in the faith died at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a
LONDON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- London's chief rabbi has lashed out at the Church of England over its decision to review investments in Israel.
BOSTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The Conservative Jewish movement will focus its attention on converting gentile spouses of Jewish members and their children in order to bolster numbers.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Israeli rabbis and scholars are angry over Catholic-turned Kabbalah enthusiast Madonna's use of a revered rabbi in one of her new songs.
LOS ANGELES, June 2 (UPI) -- A California rabbi who was once associated with Michael Jackson is blasting a Kabbalah center for aligning itself with Madonna.
TEL AVIV, Israel, April 2 (UPI) -- Seized Palestinian Authority documents allegedly show the PA paid tens of thousands of dollars to an ultra-orthodox, anti-Zionist rabbi.
