At this time, we Jews are observing Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, our holiest day of the year, and a full day in the Synagogue. You might think that when this exhaustive holiday is over, we take a ...
In the early hours of Oct. 7, 2023, as the Jewish community in Israel faced its gravest attack since the Holocaust, and while many Jewish communities around the world were still asleep, preparing to ...
There are two holidays during our year on which we celebrate the Torah, Simchat Torah and Shavuot. And although the idea of “celebrating the Torah” might be the same, the way in which we do it is very ...
In Orthodox synagogues on Shabbat and holiday mornings, men are called up to the Torah, while the women sit in a separate area divided by a “mechitzah.” This can be a challenge for some women, who ...
How is it possible to commemorate the darkest event in Israeli history on the most joyful day of the Jewish year? This is not a rhetorical question. The massacre of Oct. 7 happened last year on the ...