On the road to Emmaus, Yeshua met with two of His disciples and, beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to ...

Simchat Torah. It’s the Jewish holiday that comes after all the important Jewish holidays — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot — this time of year. At the end of one Torah-reading cycle and the ...

Israel, while in Egypt, were to live in the light of a promise given to Abraham. 400 years is a long time to wait for ...

(JTA) — When Alyza Lewin became a bat mitzvah in 1977, the fact that she had a ritual ceremony at all was still relatively revolutionary in Orthodox circles. But she took the rite of passage a step ...

of Jews who still the universe amaze. This poem was inspired on 10/27/24, a day after we celebrated the festival of Simhat Torah 5785, when we follow our annual conclusion of reading all the parshiot, ...

(RNS) — A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year 210 laypeople stepped up. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in ...

For as long as I can remember, the sound of Torah reading has carried something timeless. Whether it was a weekday minyan or a crowded Shabbat morning, those ancient melodies always connected me to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Chisuk Emuna synagogue in Harrisburg is receiving a new Torah, a rare occurrence that happens only once every few decades. Most of the local synagogue’s Torah scrolls are ...

Before she had language to understand herself as a transgender person, Joy Ladin did not feel represented or at ease in the physical world she inhabited. While reading the Torah as a child, Ladin ...