The message here, for us, is painfully obvious. After a year of national grief and worry, a year of continuous tragedies and ...

Coates' controversial new book "The Message" offers thought-provoking insights about the dangers of mythologizing our past.

From Serious to Joy There is a line in the Book of Psalms that reads “Rejoice in trembling”( Psalms 2:11) that troubled the ...

“I feel that the best way to start the season is by honoring Jewish tradition,” Avdija announced before the game. Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija sat out his first preseason game ...

Kol Nidre, the introductory service of Yom Kippur, took place in the Klausen Synagogue on Friday night, ending a hiatus that lasted more than 80 years and encompassed both the murder and ...

Scene of the fire in Modi'in IllitFire and Rescue Service spokesperson A fire broke out Friday night, the eve of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonment) in an apartment in the haredi city of Modi'in Illit.

I don’t compare my own prayer practice to that of Rabbi Heschel, but I had a similar experience this Yom Kippur. Wherever I looked in the liturgy, I found myself wondering how many Gaza ...

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, as the members of Town and Village Synagogue welcomed Yom Kippur by gathering for the Kol Nidre service, an anonymous man called ...

When I was in second grade, we lived on Long Island. My Zayde had taken me to a Knicks game where they gave away team basketballs. I took home that ball and started to dribble and drive. One major ...

New York City-based writer Chelsea Jacobson, 28, shared how she would be getting her caffeine fix during Yom Kippur - the most holy day in the Jewish calendar. She held up a caffeine suppository ...