Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a time meant for celebration and self-reflection. The holiday, which begins this year at sundown on Friday and ends at nightfall on Sunday, is a joyous occasion ...

Rosh Hashanah is a time to spend with loved ones, including inviting those who don't observe the holiday to join friends and family who do for dinner. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is meant for ...

As is done at many synagogues in the US, at the end of the Friday night service we say Kiddush, the blessing over the wine as we sanctify Shabbat. Technically, the prayer starts by thanking God for ...

This past Sunday, a video circulated on social media of construction workers building the massive Yehudit pedestrian bridge in Tel Aviv. It was Friday night, and the workers momentarily stopped work ...

Recently, as my mother’s yahrzeit – anniversary of her death – came around I wondered: Was I going to New York to pray at her gravesite and recite the kaddish, or was I going to Florida to pray with ...

Sukkot began on Sunday, October 13 and ends on Sunday, October 20. Translated as the Festival of Tabernacles, Sukkot falls five days after Yom Kippur. It involves prayer, food and staying in a foliage ...

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This is the second installment in a new monthly series, “Of Sacred Items And Gorgeous Tchotchkes,” looking closely at the Judaica items that fill our homes. Kiddush is one of those experiences that is ...

It’s Shabbat morning and my children are repeating the same weekly ritual which now seems to have replaced the practice of actually attending synagogue. While my husband and I pray, they pepper us ...