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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the beginning of the lunar month, the moon is positioned between the earth and the sun, causing the illuminated side of the moon to face away from the earth and leaving the moon looking dark in the ...

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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 ...

Eliya Cohen, who was kidnapped during the October 7 massacre and released from Hamas captivity in Gaza in February, after 505 days, shared his process of readjusting to everyday life. In an interview ...

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 ...