When local Jews gather for the 10-day High Holy Days period that begins with Rosh Hashana on Wednesday night, they'll face a jumble of emotions, said Ora Horn Prouser, a Jewish scholar from Franklin ...

Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the ...

(JTA) — When some of Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching ...

I’ve spent the last year traveling the world — two trips each to Israel and Ukraine, along with time in Bulgaria, Ghana, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Georgia and beyond — and I have new eyes for the ...

Donald Trump is being mocked by Democrats and critics on social media after he offered to sign what appeared to be a rabbi's prayer book while visiting Jewish gravesites on the anniversary of the ...

Today, Oct. 7, we mark the first anniversary of an event which horrified anyone with a conscience and altered Jewish history. We are still too close to it to appreciate fully its impact ...

About two dozen people gathered Sunday morning around the gravestone of Helen Zimmerman to say a prayer for her and roughly 100 other Jewish patients buried decades ago at the former Central Islip ...

(JNS) Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on August 13th visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where he said his policy was to allow Jewish prayer at Judaism’s holiest site. “We are ...

The Braid takes the audience on a heartfelt and meaningful journey — through the stories of Jews with various backgrounds and experiences — in its latest show, “Traveler’s Prayer.” Although it was ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. (JTA) — As Ukraine’s ...

The 10th of Tevet has been marked by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel as a day of prayer for those whose date of death is unknown.The post Israeli chief rabbis ...