An illustrated machzor by Jewish artist Joel ben Simeon, featuring one of the earliest visual depictions of a Hanukiyah, will be the centerpiece of Sotheby's' largest Judaica sale in history; Seven items unveiled are estimated to be worth more than $16 million

Nearly 80 years after Moshe Kamara survived fighting in Gush Etzion, his family donates the olivewood-bound prayer book whose pages stopped the bullet near the words ‘brings death and gives life’

A Tzohar survey finds that even many secular Jews continue to treat Yom Kippur as a distinct day of rest and restraint, with 92% of secular drivers planning not to drive and only 14% planning to attend synagogue

ZAKA volunteers flew from Israel after Thai authorities gave the Jewish community just days to evacuate the site, with four graves transferred to a new burial plot under Jewish law 

During renovations of a wooden house in Kostroma that served as a rabbi’s home over a century ago, workers found a rare Chabad prayer book printed only once; the community believes it was hidden during the Soviet era

Keinan David, a former IDF soldier, says visibly Orthodox Jews are especially exposed to attack, but reaching Haredi clients means framing training around fitness, discipline and confidence rather than aggression

Parents Against Antisemitism says it has received more than 110 reports from nurseries to high schools, including a 15-year-old who hid her Jewish identity, a boy forced to sit exams in isolation and pupils mocking Holocaust survivors

Thai authorities have seven days to review Chabad Patong's land documents, building permits and licenses, as well as possible corporate ties to company involved in Jewish cemetery project; Chabad rejects claims: 'Our Chabad houses are completely legal'