We also find it particularly distressing to discuss attacks upon the layout and usage of the Western Wall prayer area, which was recently closed due to missile threats, at this time. Yet even with ...

THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND PRAYER FOR WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH GREAT DARKNESS. THIS BECAUSE THIS ATTACK HAPPENED ON A JEWISH HOLIDAY AND ON SHABBAT. RABBI MARC FELIPA OF TEMPLE, ISRAEL IN MANCHESTER SAYS THE ...

Each year at this season Jews mark the start of a new year on the lunar Hebrew calendar. It’s a happy, hopeful time. The custom is to eat apples and honey as a symbol of wishes for a sweet year. This ...

While fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, there has been an outpouring of support from Upstate Jewish leaders and politicians. Saturday’s attack on the open-air music festival in southern ...

professor, approached the Western Wall in Jerusalem during a recent visit, her 10-year-old son at her side. split off to pray in the men's section and Magnus stood among the women, her head bowed, ...

Since Oct. 7, 2023 my early morning routine has looked like this: reciting Modei Ani, the traditional prayer Jews say when they first wake up, and then hopping on my cell phone to scan what I had ...

Devastated by the massacre in Israel and deeply worried about the hostages currently held by Hamas in Gaza, rabbis and scholars across the Jewish spectrum have been rapidly revising prayers and ...

(JTA) — I often take solace in prayer: It gives me the opportunity to express my deepest longings to God, even if immediate results are never the goal. As the Israel-Hamas war has worn on, I have ...

I often take solace in prayer: It gives me the opportunity to express my deepest longings to God, even if immediate results are never the goal. As the Israel-Hamas war has worn on, I have unexpectedly ...