(RNS) — You know when people list their relationship status on Facebook as “it’s complicated”? For many Jews, this phrase defines their relationship with their Jewish identity. While our relationship ...

Jewish people observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, starting this year on the evening of September 22. These holidays commemorate concepts such as renewal, ...

For Christians seeking to understand the Jewish roots of their faith, this time of preparation for Jews offers a parallel to their own traditions. Just as Christians prepare their hearts during ...

The Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah (beginning Monday) and Yom Kippur (beginning Oct. 1), an ancient people’s peak spiritual drama of courageous contemplation and heartfelt contrition, are ...

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, began this week, and it comes a little later than last year's holiday. The holiday, which also can be spelled Rosh Hashanah, marks the beginning of the Jewish High ...

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, celebrating the Jewish New Year, starts at sundown Monday evening. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the start period of repentance culminating in Yom Kippur. The holiday is celebrated with special prayers, festive meals, and the blowing of a shofar, or ram's ...

Mr. Mamdani visited a synagogue on Monday as part of a series of appearances in explicitly Jewish spaces during the High Holy Days, seeking to bridge a divide with some Jewish voters as he runs for ...