WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer, the most senior Jewish elected official in U.S. history, recited the Shema prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. The New York Democrat added a reading ...

(JTA) Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday, March 21 that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

A video posted to social media shows an IDF commander in the Gaza Strip reciting the Shema prayer before detonating a series of buildings and claiming one of them is a mosque. “This is the commander,” ...

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Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

Messianic congregations are sponsoring Torah studies, b’nai mitzvot, klezmer concerts, kosher food pantries, Shabbat dinners, singles gatherings and Hebrew schools with the goal of creating an ...

Survivor of Hamas captivity Eli Sharabi, who was released earlier after over a year and four months in Hamas captivity, was interviewed by Ilana Dayan on the program "Uvda" and revealed shocking ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (R) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (L) at the 70th National Prayer BreakfastSaul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Chuck Schumer, the most senior Jewish elected official in US history, ...