If you don’t say your prayers, they won’t be answered. Except, sometimes, when you put your music out into the world it can become a prayer that is, actually, answered. At least that’s what happened ...

From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the Forward, helping generations of Jewish immigrants learn how to be American. Now our columnists are helping people navigate the complexities ...

Shabbat is a Jewish tradition when friends and family come together every Friday night and Saturday to relax and reflect as the workweek recedes. Some Jews are more observant than others: where ...

Prior to Cantor Kevin Margolius’ arrival in New Orleans from New Haven, Connecticut, his predecessors at Touro Synagogue briefed him on the annual Jazz Fest Shabbat. For three decades, the popular ...

Here’s me not feeling even remotely bitter that the Guinness World Record for the largest Shabbat dinner — the one my friends ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Nine a.m. on a Saturday morning might be one of the few times during the week that Times Square isn’t brimming with tourists, theater-goers and commuters. But when you bring ...

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 ...