As circumstances suggest, a priest or deacon may use the following short blessing formulary: God has brought gladness and light to the world | through the Virgin Mary's delivery of her child.

For many young Jewish girls, the bat mitzvah is a significant milestone, marking a transition from childhood to the ...

More than 55 graduate students called on the University to divest from Israel’s war in Gaza and end censorship on campus ...

If Torah is the “Tree ... With reference to a beracha [blessing], it is customary to remember one in prayer by mentioning the full Hebrew name together with the mother’s Hebrew name. If you will let ...

He called as we were eating the pre-fast meal before Yom Kippur ... After all, a day of Torah study makes days of combat unnecessary. According to what you yourself have said publicly, you ...

The caricature conveys the book’s bold, powerful, unapologetic claim: Although Jew-hatred is an unfortunate fact of life, in ...

For the first time, he received blessings like never before. In his visit, he visited people's love is evident. He brought the change in education, power, water, free bus service to women are ...

The national religious public once questioned who was closer—the secular kibbutznik from Mishmar HaEmek or the haredi from ...

We spoke to clergy who lead communities where there’s political diversity in the pews, a mix of Democrats and Republicans.

For Goldknopf, it was the low point of a day in which he came under attack from every direction.The head of the United Torah ...