Of all the gifts that the Jewish people has given to the world, perhaps the most important is what in Hebrew is called “Shabbat” and often translated into English as “Sabbath.” Shabbat, however, is ...

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On September 23 the Contemporary Jewish Museum will launch "Shabbat at the Jewseum," a new quarterly program that lets attendees immerse themselves in Jewish ideas of rest and rejuvenation while ...

* Religious players protest matches held on Jewish Sabbath * Soccer games have been held on Saturdays for decades JERUSALEM, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israeli soccer matches on Saturday, long a national ...

When we lean back and thank God for the food we just ate, the last thing we want to do is lie. Yet, at the conclusion of Grace After Meals, the traditional text, citing Psalm 37, instructs us to ...

In one episode, Elmo and Big Bird learn to make challah. In another, a child writes a musical showcasing her fathers’ Cuban and Jewish traditions. (JTA) — Amanda Pogany works as the director of a ...

In the wake of Oct. 7 and the subsequent surge of antisemitism worldwide, many have asked how we should respond to this darkness. The answer, I believe, lies in one of our most powerful traditions: ...

Hundreds of Jewish students, faculty and friends gathered under a sprawling Dunn Meadow tent on March 29 for a Shabbat dinner that Indiana University Chabad says is the largest Jewish event in ...

A parent council in heavily Jewish Brooklyn held a “special meeting” on a Friday evening in January, knowingly excluding anyone observing Shabbat from the public forum, according to outraged community ...

KENSETT — Rooted in the beliefs of the Jewish faith, the Sabbath Fellowship of North Iowa is open to anyone willing to join them in their pursuit of Biblical truth. “Our prayer is constantly for truth ...