The Torah reading this Shabbat, like a significant subset of Shabbatot throughout the year, contains two different facets. The first is the reading that is next in line within the ...

G-d always pays His debts. If a moment of celebration is withheld, it is not erased. It is postponed. And when it returns, it returns deeper, stronger, more eternal than before.

Not forgetting may be a covenant of loyalty to those who endured. A refusal to betray testimony. As Elie Wiesel taught, to be ...

Wise words from prayers, poems and sacred texts point us to the fact that we are not alone in the world, but are a part of a ...

For centuries, lions have artistically adorned the covers and silver accoutrements of Torah scrolls and countless Holy Arks.The post Is it time for an official mascot? appeared first on JNS.org.

As I write this on February 26, 2026, many of us in Israel are carrying the same unspoken weight: will a larger war engulf us ...

A nation’s future is shaped not only by its leaders, but by its classrooms. What children learn in school – the stories they are told, the history they absorb, and the values they internalize – ...

The Christian communal movement has long faced accusations from former members who allege harsh discipline, forced labor and isolation from the outside world ...

The Torah begins its description of lighting the lamps in the Tabernacle with the word “T’tzavveh” — “you shall command” or “you shall instruct.” That opening word echoes another familiar word: ...

This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is the only Torah portion, from the beginning of Exodus through the end of Deuteronomy, from which Moses is completely absent. Everywhere else in Exodus, Numbers, ...

Three women lived for years as the last members of the Akuntsu people, who were decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest in the 1970s and ‘80s.

Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of ...