We live in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” said Beth Israel Congregation's leader. “We just have to be grateful for the ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...

Sacrifice did not begin as a divine instruction. It began as a human response to vulnerability. Faced with forces beyond control—weather, fertility, illness, loss—human beings reached for a way to ...

Jewish students gathered to pray for unity outside of the Memorial Union in Tempe on Thursday and called on other universities to do the same. Putting on tefillin is typically performed in synagogues ...

(JTA) — When some of Rabbi Mia Simring’s congregants named themselves The Very Narrow Bridge Congregation, they weren’t just referring to the anthemic Hebrew song “Gesher Tsar Meod” or the teaching ...

Beneath overcast skies Sunday, a group of more than a dozen Jewish Long Islanders visited an often-overlooked 16-acre site on Eastview Avenue in Central Islip to pray together. The property is the ...