Read more Judaism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3239/judaism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:09:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70339/crocs-too-comfy-for-yom-kippur-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Lithuanian rabbi has ruled that Crocs should not be worn during Yom Kippur because the sandals are too comfortable, Ynet news reports. Rabbi Elyashiv based his judgment on a prohibition against leather sandals, saying they were banned because they fail to provide an appropriate level of suffering for the...http://www.newser.com/story/70339/crocs-too-comfy-for-yom-kippur-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 17:47:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69862/houses-of-worship-adapt-to-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlaces of worship across the country are adjusting holy rituals to head off swine flu, CBS News reports. On the Jewish New Year, one Massachusetts synagogue is skipping handshakes and promoting the use of hand sanitizer—and, in a substantial break from tradition, allowing worshipers to not kiss the Torah....http://www.newser.com/story/69862/houses-of-worship-adapt-to-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 17:56:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69033/hey-jews-should-be-conservatives-not-liberals-podhoretz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJewish voters backed Barack Obama over John McCain last year by a staggering 57 points—the most resounding mandate from any group other than African Americans. That bewilders neocon Norman Podhoretz, who argues in the Wall Street Journal that both Judaism and the Jewish experience endorse "the infinitely precious virtues...http://www.newser.com/story/69033/hey-jews-should-be-conservatives-not-liberals-podhoretz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 8:43:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67732/hasidic-reggae-guy-matisyahu-stretches-sound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMatisyahu Miller is tired of just being the “Hasidic reggae guy,” the singer tells AP. His newest CD, Light , shows a wider range of influences, including guitar rock, electronic pop, and folk. As a Hasidic Jew who sang reggae—complete with Jamaican accent—Matisyahu was a curiosity act who broke...http://www.newser.com/story/67732/hasidic-reggae-guy-matisyahu-stretches-sound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 18:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65197/jews-tweet-prayers-to-wailing-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJews seeking to send a message to God can now do so via Twitter, the Daily Telegraph reports. The "Tweet Your Prayers" service prints out tweeted prayers and deposits them between the stones in Jerusalem's 2,000-year-old Western Wall. Its founders accept no responsibility for unanswered prayers. "Take it up...http://www.newser.com/story/65197/jews-tweet-prayers-to-wailing-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 3:41:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63857/this-week-britney-may-be-jewish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritney Spears was raised a Baptist, but her latest accessory—a Star of David necklace—led the New York Daily News to take a look back at the religions she’s tried out: In 2003, it looked as though she would be one of Madonna’s Kabbalah converts, and she started sporting...http://www.newser.com/story/63857/this-week-britney-may-be-jewish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 13:19:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis was probably only a matter of time: A Turkish game show starting this fall will bring on 10 atheists per show and give holy men from four faiths the chance to convert them, the Guardian reports. A Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, and a Buddhist monk...http://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 1:29:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61990/us-gets-its-first-black-female-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week Alysa Stanton was ordained as a rabbi at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, one of the country's oldest synagogues, and a little history was made—the US had its first black female leader of a Jewish congregation. Stanton, born a Pentecostal Christian, converted in 1987, enduring hostility...http://www.newser.com/story/61990/us-gets-its-first-black-female-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 6:43:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58725/pope-visits-holy-sites-of-judaism-islam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope Benedict XVI began the second day of his Holy Land tour at one of the most contentious sites in the Arab-Israeli conflict: the Dome of the Rock, where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, and the adjacent Western Wall. The pontiff urged both sides to engage in...http://www.newser.com/story/58725/pope-visits-holy-sites-of-judaism-islam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 5:52:40 CDT