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 ...

Here is what must be: those of us who can will dance for those who cannot. Those who can generate joy in the midst of loss ...

We should not allow the challenges we are facing to cause us to lose sight of the broader good and special times we are ...

It is precisely at the one-year anniversary of Hamas's massacre that the holiday of Simchat Torah comes along, with its ...

Traditionally, Simchat Torah is a time of unbridled joy when we dance with the Torah, celebrate the completion of the annual Torah reading, and immediately begin it anew. It’s a day filled with ...

One of the participants held a Torah scroll in his arms and danced with it, his face glowing. He said to me: "Last year, look ...

Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman invite you into their respective sukkot, as they celebrate the joyous festival with Torah ...

Palm Beach's Jewish congregations will celebrate Simchat Torah this week while also remembering those who lost their lives ...

While Kamil has incorporated many elements of Oct. 7 remembrance, including a vigil, into her Conservative synagogue’s High Holiday and Sukkot services, on Simchat Torah, she wants her congregation to ...

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 first anniversary of October 7 is upon us, and in some ways, we feel like we are right back there, or maybe that we never left.

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