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 ...

An anti-Israel protester got a slap on the wrist for allegedly barging onto a packed Manhattan subway train last summer and demanding “Zionists” identify themselves — a legal outcome that ...

Since October 7th, we've been making Kiddush every week. No matter where we are or who is present, I will take a bottle of ...

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 ...

More hostages were released yesterday, including Agam Berger. I have so many memories, stories, and moments with her mother, ...

From the weekly Kiddush (a blessing said over a wine cup) on Shabbat to holidays like Purim, Passover and Simchat Torah, wine occupies a sacred space in Judaism. But this month, the surgeon ...

Orit Mark Ettinger, daughter of Rabbi Miki Mark and sister of fallen soldier Pedaya, expresses deep pain at the release of ...

It is a holiday of celebration for the mere purpose of God and Israel delighting in each other (Note: in the Reform movement, Simchat Torah and Shemini Atseret are celebrated on one day). Simchat ...