This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, died on Tuesday at the age of 100. He was hospitalized during the holiday of Shavuot after falling... […]
(JTA) — An umbrella association of American Orthodox rabbis is calling on the Russian government to release Evan Gershkovich, the imprisoned Jewish reporter for the Wall Street Journal. The Rabbinical Alliance of America said in a statement on Sunday that Russia should “do immediate justice by releasing Evan Gershkovich.” The alliance, also known as the Igud... […]