(JTA) Among the legions of Grateful Dead fans mourning Phil Lesh are a small but devoted cohort of Jewish Deadheads with memories of celebrating Passover with him. “To life! To Phil! Our love ...
As always, there is a source of truth to consult: the Torah. The Torah calls one person ... He also "watered their sheep." A man, the Bible is telling us, has physical strength and the courage ...
Like many of their Jewish contemporaries, the Strauses wanted Jews to assimilate into American life. What better way to do so than to show the supposedly unbreakable bond between Jews and the very ...
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to ... during this time between Rosh Hashanah ...
Rabba Sara Hurwitz speaks about the surprising reference to the sukkah in the Birkat Hamazon, the blessing after the meal during the holiday of Sukkot. The blessing says, “May God establish for ...