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.

The human condition responds to these two stones: the heart of stone and the Torah engraved in stone. Both have openings and seals. The Torah is designed to open what is sealed and seal what is open, ...

There are opinions that feel to me not just wrong but corrosive. There are voices that ignite in me anger before curiosity. There are moments when I would rather mute than engage, dismiss rather than ...

Jews are returning to the Temple Mount, reconnecting prayer, memory, and faith in the place their hearts have longed for.

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 ...

Jews of color continue to face barriers to full inclusion in the Jewish community. Now they are forming their own worship ...

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.

After two female soldiers were chased in Bnei Brak, something sacred was fractured. What happens when Israel no longer feels like one nation?

That’s how Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” and Alfred Uhry’s “Last Night of Ballyhoo” begin, and also Ian Buruma’s memoir about his grandparents, “Their Promised Land.” The idea is, as soon as you show ...

The origin legend was a widespread medieval genre used to account not only for peoples and nations, but also for ...

BOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES, February 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Two days of online-only auctions scheduled for February 26 and 27 will mark the first of many anticipated collaborative efforts ...