The world in which we live is an avenue to the spiritual; we can access the spiritual, transcendent world through the physical world because the two are intimately and intrinsically connected.

Most scholars see this as the beginning of Judaism as an organised religion to this time. Before this point, the Jewish people are often referred to as Hebrews.

More than 1,000 sign letter protesting boycott of Jewish authors (JNS) More than 1,000 high-profile individuals from the literary and entertainment worlds have signed a letter condemning calls ...

Simchat Torah is a day associated with memories and the day we have been dreading since last year, when rumors started to emerge from the butchery that was happening in the south, on one of the ...

Beulah means "married" in Hebrew, and is sometimes used to describe both the land of Israel and heaven. Chana is the original ...

This is not about the alleged Jewish identity of Christopher Columbus. This is about the real identity of American Jews. Let us go back to the original impetus and inspiration for the “Jewish ...

West Bank Rabbi Yosef Elitzur's treatise on halachah, or Jewish law, discusses situations in which it is permissible for Jews to kill non-Jews. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A West Bank rabbi who co ...

Learn about the history of being Jewish in America through video clips and book excerpts. THE JEWISH AMERICANS is a three-night documentary that explores 350 years of Jewish American history.

The English Forward was launched as a weekly in 1990. Its perspective on world and national news, and its unparalleled coverage of Jewish arts culture and opinion have made it the most influential ...

On the night after my first Simchat Torah in Israel, rain began to fall. My roommate and I, students, heard that there was an Israeli custom of dancing in the street after the Simchat Torah ...

No one needs reminding that the festive Simchat Torah holiday, which obligates us to be joyous, also marks the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre. On Simchat Torah 5784, one year ago ...

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 English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...