On the morning of Purim after I pray and hear the Scroll of Esther read aloud, I put a wad of $20 bills in my pocket and get on my ...
This week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim, represents the first extensive listing of laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses. In many ways, it can be seen as an expansion ...
Antisemitism is a deep and enduring American tradition. And yet America is also exceptional. American Jews live in the clash ...
NEW BALTIMORE — Most of the traditions are thousands of years old, rooted in the history and culture of a people. Parishioners from the New Baltimore Reformed Church and others in the community ...
Columnist Jason Touvi writes, “the Jewish story in Florida is not only about the past, but also about living, growing, and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of ...
How interfaith and agnostic families choose which religious holiday traditions to keep up. (Getty Images) As I settle comfortably into middle age and watch my two boys grow, I find myself longing for ...
(RNS) — I am talking about the creation of a thick American Jewish culture firmly rooted in American life and firmly rooted in Jewish traditions. (RNS) — Jews have been living on an emotional roller ...
What it means to be Jewish in the U.S. has changed since the early days of Jewish comics on the Borscht Belt. We’ve assimilated, spread out across the country and the accent is fading away. You have ...