Whereas Christmas marks the birth of Jesus, Hanukkah, which was celebrated for centuries before Jesus was born, commemorates ...

That community is now collapsing in on itself in a moment of true rupture—and that, I believe, is not only necessary but a blessing. Usually, Jewish homes are full of extended family at this ...

Fundamentalist Christians have long supported Israel because of their belief that the Jews are God’s “chosen people.” The ...

They kept a mezuzah on the door ... (Berkley, with Reid’s blessing, ran for the Senate in 2012 and narrowly lost to Dean Heller, who was defeated in 2018 by Jewish challenger Jacky Rosen.) ...

A significant number of local residents participate in Jewish rituals and customs in their own homes. For example, 89 percent post a mezuzah and 87 percent attend a seder. Ninety-three percent ...

The Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest opened its new facility at 180 W. Magee Road, Suite 140, on Sept. 24. About 40 people gathered as Rabbi Avraham Alpert (above) hung a ...

In how we build our house, at G-d’s command, we set aside our doorpost on which we affix a mezuzah. In summary, every Jewish eccentricity, every Jewish deviation from mundane human behaviour ...

According to the Hebrew calendar, the yahrtzeit for the ... of “Yehi zichronam Baruch” – “May their memory be for a blessing”.