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 ...

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 ...

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

One of the most striking interpretations of this week's Torah portion, Beshalach, comes from a Midrash describing the ...

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 ...

(JTA) — A Torah scroll that the Nazis stole from for their planned museum on Judaism in Prague will return to use there on Simchat Torah, a holiday that falls later this month and celebrates the ...

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 ...