It is commonly believed that halakhically-based women’s prayer groups originated in contemporary circles of the progressive wing of Modern Orthodoxy. Think again. In his book Nahalat Avot, Rabbi Yosef ...

In April 1948, on the last Passover before Israel declared her independence just a few weeks later, Rabbi Uziel extended an olive branch to the Muslim world: “I reach out to our Arab neighbors in ...

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ben Zion Usiel during the week-end officiated at a special ceremony on Mt. Zion at which prayers for world peace were recited. Present at the services, which were proclaimed last ...

U. S. Jewry scarcely took notice when, last week in Manhattan, the Union of Sephardic Congregations held its second annual meeting. Ail Jewry is divided into two groups—the Ashkenazim and Sephardim.