Imagine that you are in the middle of services on Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in Judaism. You are trying to concentrate ...
“We wanted to take a moment to address concerns brought by several members regarding the dates of the 2024 conference falling during Yom Kippur,” the apology from March on its website stated.
Relations between Israel and the Soviet Union during the latter half of the 20th century were akin to those between two porcupines trying to make love in the dark. While both sides wanted at times to ...
Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Today we are united with Jews around the world, who, like us, are sitting in synagogue on Yom Kippur, united in prayer, penitence, and asking ...
What better symbol is there for the modern condition ... Sukkot marks the end of the high holy day cycle, coming right on the heels of Yom Kippur. Where the mood of Yom Kippur was somber ...
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 residents or ...
During the early hours of October 7th, hundreds of Israelis documented their last moments of life by texting to their families a “goodbye” message before Hamas murdered them. I want to share ...
Hundreds of Jewish families on Longboat Key, a barrier island off Sarasota Bay, about 6 miles north of Siesta Key, were unable to observe Yom Kippur in their synagogue for the first time in 45 ...
The irrepressible commandment to be happy on Sukkot: Eating and drinking at the Table of Hashem. Nothing says the best of both possible worlds like Sukkot, when we dwell in our sukkot which span ...
THE OWL, a symbol of wisdom, in Avner Moriah's illustrations ... ALTHOUGH 51 years have passed since the Yom Kippur War, Moriah remains critical of the military and political establishments ...
The mechitza became a symbol of a much deeper conflict ... during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays ...
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 ...