As we search for joy, we can allow ourselves to revel in feelings of relief. For two years, Simchat Torah has carried the ...

Jimmy Kimmel was a recent guest on Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast and revealed that he nearly lost ...

Some families lit extra candles on Shabbat. Rachel Goldberg-Polin ... A centerpiece of Simchat Torah is the hakafah, when congregants dance with and around the Torah scrolls Last year, congregations ...

At the initiative of the IDF Military Rabbinate and in coordination with the IDF Spokesman, a rabbi has been appointed, for the first time, for the IDF Spokesperson's Unit: Major Kobi Klein. The step ...

Israelis were stuck Sunday in massive traffic jams, with no relief in sight until Tuesday, due to infrastructure work near Tel Aviv, sparking accusations from the opposition that the government was ...

What is the correct title for this coming Shabbat, the Shabbat which takes place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? Some people call it Shabbat Shuva, others call it Shabbat Teshuvah. Now actually ...

Shabbat 1000, Harvard’s largest annual Jewish celebration, brought over 1,000 affiliates together with Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 on Friday to observe Shabbat. Observed each week from Friday ...

The assassination of Charlie has left me in a stupor, grappling with how such an evil act could befall a country that prides itself on freedom. Like so many others, I scoured every media source for ...

Slated for Nov. 21 at The Javits Center, The Big Shabbat aims to put New York’s Jewish community in the Guinness Book of World Records. For six years, Gady Levy, executive director of the Temple Emanu ...

Rabbi Denise Eger was the first lesbian — and only the third woman — ever elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. She’ll be speaking at Congregation Beth El Binah’s Pride ...

The Wilkes-Barre Law and Library/Luzerne County Bar Association’s Interfaith Committee recently held its 23rd Annual Law Day Shabbat service at Temple Israel to honor and celebrate justice, equality ...

Pickle martinis, members-only events, Fashion Week mashups — every Friday night is special at these new-school Shabbat dinners. At the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s first pre-New York ...