In a pivotal biblical story — retold each Rosh Hashana, marking the Jewish new year — God orders Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.

Sarah Hurwitz calls her first book, “Here All Along,” a “love letter” to Jewish tradition. Describing a journey begun when ...

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most holy day of the Jewish year. It's the most important holiday, the "Sabbath of Sabbaths," in Judaism.

NEW YORK (RNS) — The Halachic Left is one of several new Jewish protest groups that have formed after Oct. 7, 2023, to argue for a reclaiming of a Judaism of lovingkindness. NEW YORK (RNS) — In a ...

President Donald Trump spoke at the Knesset on the Israel Hamas ceasefire deal. He mentioned Ivanka Trump's religion. Did she ...

For most of my life, I attended reluctantly, dreading the long hours of prayer. I was proud to be Jewish, taking satisfaction ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

On October 7, if we are to move forward at all, we must begin by looking honestly in the mirror, to acknowledge the full ...

Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is Judaisms holiest day, observed from dusk on October 1 to nightfall on ...

The High Holiday of Yom Kippur, or the "Day of Atonement," is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Here's when it is in 2025 and how it's observed.

In a conference room of an Upper West Side synagogue, a group of traditionally observant young Jews gathered last week to engage in an age-old form of rabbinic inquiry to address what they see as the ...