This piece is part of a series of brief essays by Northern California high school and college students who describe ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Jews around the world are attempting a difficult spiritual straddle this week: how to celebrate the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas ...

Yom Hazikaron is a day of brokenness, meriting Independence Day,' Rabbi Yoram Eliyahu, father of Sergeant first class (res.) ...

The Italian biblical commentator Ovadiah ben Yakov Sforno (1474-1549) writes: וידום אהרן, seeing he consoled himself after ...

The concept of dancing on Simchat Torah looms over many of us as an unthinkable, even dreaded, act. This is the same holiday that was shattered last year in the early hours of October 7 by the ...

The Jewish state must expose, unequivocally and unapologetically, the sources of funding behind the hatred festering on ...

There are still details of his captivity he cannot discuss due to fear of endangering the remaining 59 hostages, said former ...

Inside the recently renovated Chabad of Squirrel Hill, 37-year-old Menachem Kelmanson shared his experiences on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israelis visit the site of the Supernova music festival massacre in southern Israel, during the the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, October 24, 2024. (photo credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/FLASH90) There’s ...

Too many Jews identify as Jews because of the Holocaust only. Too many would never intermarry only because they never could trust a non-Jew. Sadly, this negative outlook is a very ill and poor ...