Simchat Torah, the 23rd of Tishrei, which was on October 7 last year, is an ideal day to consider this question. It’s a day ...

Under the wedding canopy, the bride circles the groom seven times. Why seven — and why even do this at all? And is there ...

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.

A time to weep, a time to laugh’ – we can’t forget what happened a year ago but here’s how we can celebrate the festival ...

"I still can't taste the nafka minah between Coke and Pepsi." Charif means hot and spicy, not for the faint-hearted. It also means intelligent and insightful. Mugmar is a talmudic term that refers ...

On this coming Simchat Torah, we will once again dance with our Torahs. But, as we well know, the singing and dancing will never ever be the same as prior to October 7th 2023. It will be tinged with a ...

William Karon’s father was born Jewish, survived Auschwitz, and converted to Christianity, setting the course of William’s ...

Judaism is often considered a religion of the mind, defined by the study and practice of Jewish law, but it also has rich traditions as a religion of the body, engaging sights, sounds, emotions, and ...

In opposition, Jewish thought invokes the existential person and so reduces ... that of the philosophically-grounded Judaically- and religiously-committed scholar whose knowledge of Judaism is above ...

the holiest day of the year according to Judaism, is a day of atonement when people ask God and each other for forgiveness. It is a day when Jewish people fast and gather at a synagogue to pray ...

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 ...