(JTA) The Israel-Hamas war has elicited a chorus of celebrity responses, from Bono’s in-concert callout to Pete Davidson’s somber monologue on “Saturday Night Live.” Now one Grammy-winning songwriter ...
Just outside the Red Pine Lodge at Canyons Village, skiers pause each afternoon for something rarely seen on a ski slope: a ...
England’s chief rabbi composed a prayer for a “complete and swift recovery” for King Charles III following the king’s cancer diagnosis. Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis posted the text of the prayer in ...
Sacrifice did not begin as a divine instruction. It began as a human response to vulnerability. Faced with forces beyond control—weather, fertility, illness, loss—human beings reached for a way to ...
Almost immediately after the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, most Orthodox Jewish congregations began the practice of saying additional Tehillim (Psalms), usually chapters 121 and 130, after ...
Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael (at right) created the Nechama Minyan on Zoom to say Kaddish for her late 94-year-old mother, Natalie Robinson (left). Over the past two years, the minyan has continued ...
Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...
BOULDER, Colo. — The Jewish community in Boulder gathered Tuesday evening for prayers and healing after a terror attack over the weekend that left 15 people injured ...
(JTA) — The Israel-Hamas war has elicited a chorus of celebrity responses, from Bono’s in-concert callout to Pete Davidson’s somber monologue on “Saturday Night Live.” Now one Grammy-winning ...