Rabbi Jay Michaelson’s recent essay in the Forward on Judaism and the war in Gaza is thoughtful and engaging, but it falls ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, began at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and lasted for two days, marking the beginning of a series of special dates on the Jewish calendar, called the High Holidays ...

(RNS) — As antisemitism, Zionism and Judaism continue making daily headlines, I frequently find myself in conversations about what it means to be Jewish. The conflict in Gaza has generated a slurry of ...

Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the Jewish faith ...

One of the biggest holidays celebrated by those of the Jewish faith begins on the evening of Sept. 22. Rosh Hashanah starts that evening and lasts until Sept. 24, according to Chabad.org, an ...

Speaking at the CPAC Israel event in Tel Aviv, Shapiro explained why he personally wouldn't make aliyah – and why he doesn't ...

Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22. It’s one of the holiest holidays for Jewish people around the world and translates from Hebrew to ...

Just as many Jews in the United States were sitting down to a post-sunset Rosh Hashanah dinner on Friday, preparing to dip apples in honey to signal the sweetness of the year to come, news came of ...

Rosh Hashanah, one of Judaism’s High Holidays, will begin its two-day celebration this week. The holiday celebrates “the head of the year” and marks the start of the Jewish New Year. The two-day ...

Comedian Max Olesker has written a memoir about converting to Orthodox Judaism in the name of love. The comic – one of the driving forces behind the Wrestling extravaganza Clash Of The Comics – fell ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, is known as the Day of Atonement. The holiday is observed with a nearly 26-hour fast and five distinct prayer services. Yom Kippur marks the end of the 10 days ...