At the time, the neighborhood was a mix of religious, ultra-religious and non-observant Jews, which charmed us. We followed ...

Simchat Torah arrives this week. Here's why North Jersey Jews consider it one of their happiest holidays — but also, this ...

Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a ...

We need to seek a middle path between the usual joy of Simchat Torah and the mourning necessitated by the disaster of Simchat ...

On the Jewish calendar, the horrific attack of Oct. 7 occurred with the 22nd day of Tishrei, which is Simchat Torah, “the ...

Last year, we unknowingly celebrated while families in the south were being massacred. This year, I'm told to embrace the ...

Walk me like a palindrome forward to our common home, looking backwards at the past, thinking our love couldn’t last, though it’s lasted long enough for ...

Hundreds of people gathered at the site of the Supernova music festival massacre for prayers, on the occasion of Hoshana ...

A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year ...

It's often accompanied by a parading of the Torah scrolls, the faith's most sacred and central text. But this year, many are wondering how to celebrate a day that, on the Hebrew calendar ...

As their congregations prepare to celebrate Simchat Torah, local faith leaders reflect on the holiday in the wake of the Oct.

Amid a difficult year marked by global turmoil and tragedy, Chabad of Bushwick invites the community to gather tomorrow for ...