On Shemini Atzeret, the seventh day of Sukkot, Jews read tefillat geshem, an ancient Hebrew prayer for rain, during synagogue services. The prayer beseeches God to bring the Land of Israel enough rain ...

While the Jewish establishment bemoans divisions around Israel, younger Jews are demonstrating that the real crisis is that ...

The Museum of the Bible on Tuesday unveiled what it says is the oldest Hebrew book ever discovered, dating to the 8th century ...

The Torah clearly understands Jews to be first and foremost a people. When Abraham is first called to travel across the known ...

That highest of holy days, Yom Kippur, is nowadays focused on fasting, prayer, and spiritual introspection. But in ancient ...

Each Torah portion includes a line-by-line analysis, with Shoff sometimes bringing in multiple sources to provide insights.

During Sukkot, Jews across the world dwell in temporary shelters and wave the Four Species in celebration of the harvest ...

Ceremony includes special prayers for those held captive in Gaza and for the welfare of Israel's soldiers The post Relatives ...

Etrogs are citrons used in the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Here's how this citrus fruit differs from a lemon, and how to use ...

Everyone knows that pigs aren't kosher. But in a new book, Jews' relationship with pork came to define Jewish culture and ...

The very name of this holiday — “the joy of the Torah,” celebrating the completion of the annual Torah cycle — connotes an emotion we cannot fully inhabit on the anniversary on the Hebrew calendar of ...

For the first time in my life, I didn’t attend services for the Jewish High Holidays. My knee took preference over my brain’s ...