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"This year is anything but the best of circumstances. This year, the worlds of election politics and Jewish holiday ...

That highest of holy days, Yom Kippur, is nowadays focused on fasting, prayer, and spiritual introspection. But in ancient ...

Until his 70th birthday, Moriah had never been preoccupied with the passing of time or his own mortality. But as he entered ...

During Sukkot, Jews across the world dwell in temporary shelters and wave the Four Species in celebration of the harvest ...

Among the texts included in the project and penned in the Ge'ez language, is the Orit, the Beta Israel Torah which includes ...

For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, ...

Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Judaism’s High Holy Days. The harvest holiday, which begins on October 16, 2024, lasts for seven days when ...

Israeli forces continued counterterror operations in both Lebanon and Gaza, even as soldiers managed to fit in some time to chant Yom Kippur prayers.

Community is vital in Jewish ritual and tradition, and the High Holidays are no exception, a Judaic studies scholar writes.

Free Yom Kippur services will be conducted at Laugh Factory Hollywood Saturday with a morning service set for 11 a.m. and a ...

This Yom Kippur, I am wrestling with what Jewish and other ancient texts have to say about forgiveness and justice.