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

“I feel that the best way to start the season is by honoring Jewish tradition,” Avdija announced before the game. Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija sat out his first preseason game ...

Scene of the fire in Modi'in IllitFire and Rescue Service spokesperson A fire broke out Friday night, the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonment) in an apartment in the haredi city of Modi'in Illit.

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, as the members of Town and Village Synagogue welcomed Yom Kippur by gathering for the Kol Nidre service, an anonymous man called ...

I don’t compare my own prayer practice to that of Rabbi Heschel, but I had a similar experience this Yom Kippur. Wherever I looked in the liturgy, I found myself wondering how many Gaza ...

And now, we pause in the intensity of Yom Kippur to recite Yizkor. Amidst the awareness of the fragility of our lives, amidst all the asking for forgiveness, amidst the atonement, praying that ...

New York City-based writer Chelsea Jacobson, 28, shared how she would be getting her caffeine fix during Yom Kippur - the most holy day in the Jewish calendar. She held up a caffeine suppository ...

When I was in second grade, we lived on Long Island. My Zayde had taken me to a Knicks game where they gave away team basketballs. I took home that ball and started to dribble and drive. One major ...

Colorado state officials repealed a religious freedom protection in the state’s Universal Preschool (UPK) program amid an ongoing legal battle over whether two Catholic preschools can ...

(AP Photo/Oded Balilty) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his kid’s head in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 as part of the Kaparot ritual a day before the Jewish holiday of ...

A sukkah is a symbol of G-d’s protection in the wilderness and the ability to bring Hashem with you everywhere.