We need to seek a middle path between the usual joy of Simchat Torah and the mourning necessitated by the disaster of Simchat ...

When I met Retzlaff on campus a couple of days later, I told him about the earnest Mormon’s concern over his compliance with Jewish law, and he laughed. “That’s fandom,” he told me. Retzlaff, who wore ...

The preparation, research and publication of this article was made possible by a grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture ... becomes a package of prayer.

Two centuries-old Jewish prayers that pertain to freeing hostages, Matir Asurim and Acheinu, now carry new weight. But they have helped me transform my grief into empathy. This ancient reference ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I think what’s most unique about Judaism is its many holidays. At work, when my colleagues tease me that I’ve got so many ...

While the Jewish establishment bemoans divisions around Israel, younger Jews are demonstrating that the real crisis is that so many support a state engaging in mass murder. Activists with Jewish ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates questions whether he would have participate...d in Oct. 7 attack ...

Oct. 10 (UPI) --Preparations for the solemn Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, when the observant atone for their sins through fasting and prayer, were underway in Israel Thursday amid a time of war ...

24, 2023. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday night against a ban on gender-separated Jewish prayer services in Tel Aviv’s public spaces during the holiday of Yom Kippur ...

The service, part of the afternoon Yom Kippur liturgy called Yizkor, will feature traditional Jewish prayers, a coordinated ripping of a garment — a sign of mourning called “kriah” — and a ...