On the night after my first Simchat Torah in Israel ... In recent years it has attracted many new immigrants from English-speaking countries. The synagogue spiritual head is the esteemed Rabbi ...

Meet Yael Kanarek. The artist behind Toratah, a gender-swapped rewrite of the Hebrew Bible, is coming to the Bay Area.

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 ...

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 ...

As always, there is a source of truth to consult: the Torah. The Torah calls one person an "ish" – a man (as distinct from an adult male) – more than anyone else. This is Moses. The first act ...

The team at Jerusalem’s Pomerantz bookstore notes, “We’re excited to introduce this book in Israel now, at a time when its ...

Simchat Torah, the day of rejoicing for the sacred law given to us at Sinai, is quickly approaching. It is traditionally marked with vibrant song and exuberant dance, as Jews of all ages exult in ...

So, for Rabbis in the Diaspora who are currently wondering how to celebrate this Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, I'd like to make a suggestion. On October 7 our enemies had a simple objective ...

Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on Monday morning echoed the words of a leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, instructing that yeshiva students avoid any non-Torah learning activity ...

Khamenei had posted twice to the account before it was suspended. The second post, which was made on Sunday, read, "The Zionist regime made a mistake, and erred in its calculation regarding Iran.