The International High School Chidon has kicked off for the 9th year, with 275 students from 18 schools across the United ...

We must state clearly and unequivocally: there is no halakhic or moral justification for exempting part of the nation from ...

In September, Dr Logan Williams (University of Aberdeen) published a truly fascinating open-access academic article 'The ...

Heel, toes. heel, toes. The desert wind blows dry and strong, parching lips, cracking heels and fingertips. I light two ...

The Book of Genesis, a richly annotated English translation of the Torah, captivates diverse audiences, prompting multiple ...

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 ...

We American Jews need to internalize what our forebears clung to: An extraordinary heritage that sets us apart by design ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. (JTA) — How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full ...

Rather than reciting lengthy passages from the Torah to make his point ... "Sabbath" is the English translation of the Hebrew word "Shabbat." For Liddell and his family, the commandment to ...

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 ...

(The English translation of Chedva is mirth ... Rav Yehoshua shows an example from the book of Nechemiah, when Ezra read the Torah after the Jews returned for the second Beit Hamikdash.