A tambourine-lover with creative tactics meant to take congregants outside of their comfort zone, Rabbi RuthE Levy of Mountain Synagogue in Franklin doesn’t mess around when it comes to musical ...

Before every Sabbath or Shabbat, some Jewish people begin preparing for synagogue and rest from work by lighting candles and baking challah. Some Jewish people live by religious laws that mean they ...

* Religious players protest matches held on Jewish Sabbath * Soccer games have been held on Saturdays for decades JERUSALEM, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israeli soccer matches on Saturday, long a national ...

On September 23 the Contemporary Jewish Museum will launch "Shabbat at the Jewseum," a new quarterly program that lets attendees immerse themselves in Jewish ideas of rest and rejuvenation while ...

Thousands of students are set to gather tonight at Binghamton University’s Events Center for Shabbat 2400, one of the largest ...

Penn Pavilion will transform from a venue for meetings to a holy space, as more than 300 Jewish students gather for a festive Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in between the holidays of Rosh ...

In the wake of Oct. 7 and the subsequent surge of antisemitism worldwide, many have asked how we should respond to this darkness. The answer, I believe, lies in one of our most powerful traditions: ...

When we lean back and thank God for the food we just ate, the last thing we want to do is lie. Yet, at the conclusion of Grace After Meals, the traditional text, citing Psalm 37, instructs us to ...

Around 700 students and community members attended the annual Mega Shabbat hosted by Northwestern Hillel, Chabad and Olami Evanston at the Ryan Fieldhouse on Friday. Shabbat, the day of Jewish rest ...

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