At this time, we Jews are observing Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, our holiest day of the year, and a full day in the Synagogue. You might think that when this exhaustive holiday is over, we take a ...

In the early hours of Oct. 7, 2023, as the Jewish community in Israel faced its gravest attack since the Holocaust, and while many Jewish communities around the world were still asleep, preparing to ...

Last week, our communities gathered to mark the one-year yahrzeit observance of the tragedy of Oct. 7. While each communal event was different, there were common themes. Foremost, of course, was the ...

How is it possible to commemorate the darkest event in Israeli history on the most joyful day of the Jewish year? This is not a rhetorical question. The massacre of Oct. 7 happened last year on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simchat Torah is Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Jews around the world are attempting a difficult spiritual straddle this week: how to celebrate the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas ...

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Nine years ago, while attending the United Jewish Communities’ General Assembly (GA) in Chicago, I had the privilege and pleasure of hearing Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk — known for ...

For many Jews across the United States and globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in synagogue, tears, ...

(RNS) — A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year 210 laypeople stepped up. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in ...