“Chik Chak Shabbat” made it back to a Jacksonville-area school district, but another Jewish-themed book remains “under review.” (JTA) – Mara Rockliff’s “Chik Chak Shabbat” has become a standard for ...

In some ways, how Tiffany Shlain and her family observe Shabbat doesn’t look that different from how many Jewish families do. Shlain, who identifies as a cultural Jew, gathers friends and family for ...

Observing Shabbat means going radically against today’s culture. For 25 hours each week, you’re putting down your cell phone, leaving your car in the driveway and not worrying about money or work.

This was the Hebrew word joyously shouted from the mouths of nearly 800 people throughout the evening I spent at the Chabad House at UCSB. For those of you who don’t know what “L’chaim” means, it’s a ...

(JTA) — Contestants on an episode of Jeopardy that aired Wednesday night were stumped when presented with a photo of chulent, a stew traditionally cooked over the course of Shabbat. The clue, for $400 ...

Jay Lefkowitz is a lawyer in New York City. There is a cartoon circulating on the Internet these days that captures the monotony of self-isolating life during the covid-19 pandemic. The image is of a ...

Moshe Tauber circles Manhattan each week to inspect its eruv, the symbolic boundary that allows Jews to carry items on ...

Hold the Manishevitz. This is not your bubbe’s Shabbat. Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are eschewing the traditional Friday night Jewish dinners for buzzy Shabbat-themed parties at trendy bars and ...

Elie Kligman, chosen by the Washington Nationals, is the second Orthodox Jew to be drafted in Major League baseball. News about Jacob Steinmetz’s selection to become the first orthodox Jew to play ...