Prayer and action cultivate gratitude, writes ritualist, musician, healer and teacher Kohenet Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny.
Some sages have argued that the blind patriarch Isaac was actually never deceived by Jacob. That seems like an intellectual ...
The act of giving is valued in virtually all great religions. It isn’t just giving, either. It is that there is an expectation of nothing in return. No naming rights, no reciprocity, and perhaps even ...
A Personal Theological Essay,” in which Eisen describes what he believes about a God whom he acknowledges to be elusive, if ...
The murder of Rabbi Kogan is not just a tragedy for Chabad or for his immediate community – it is a tragedy for us all. Jewish safety is a collective responsibility, and we must stand together to pr ...
The killing of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan resident of Abu Dhabi, has left the UAE’s Jewish community on edge.
Jewish men often accessorize with yarmulkes; Texan men sometimes accessorize with guns. If a man is both Jewish and Texan, ...
JTA asks college-bound students about the roles safety and Jewish identity play in the current application process.
For many Orthodox Jews who keep the sabbath, eat kosher, pray daily, and who have fallen in large numbers since the Oct. 7 ...
Last week’s International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants against the leaders of the Jewish state resemble efforts of ...
Parallel to expanding Zionist activity among America’s Conservative Jews was the effort to establish a Conservative Jewish presence in Israel.
For the last 40 years, Blumenfeld considered herself an agnostic and “non-Zionist.” Her journey has run the gambit: a ...