The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where ...

Hours before Shabbos, Rabbi Shmuel and Shternie Freedman, along with their four children, were loaded onto a truck as they ...

This week in Central Virginia, see clockmaker Allan Young's upcycled works at C'ville Arts and the Women's History Month show ...

The digitized collection includes Torah scrolls, rabbinic literature, Jewish philosophy, liturgical books, poetry and kabbalistic texts. The seminary is named after American rabbi Marshall Meyer ...

The Torah scroll continued to be used in the synagogues ... “The mosaic communicates and commemorates the open wound of the building’s absence, and through it, the absence of what was once ...

The Talmud relates how he was tortured by the Romans, wrapped in a Torah scroll, and ultimately burned to death ... Amen The pianist looked around self-consciously, open to suggestions. After ...

Between Hand and Scroll” offers a close look at an essential Jewish artifact. The diversity of Torah pointers creates a cross ...

Joy Ladin, a poet, creative non-fiction writer and nationally recognized thought leader on gender and Jewish identity, will ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

By accepting the Torah, the Jews themselves became a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation (Shemos 19:6). However, Chazal tell us (Shabbat 88a) that their acceptance of the Torah was under duress.

When you are in a place between life and death, you ask yourself, “What is the meaning and value of my life?” And you come to a clear realization - the entire value of my life lies in the fact tha ...