After pandemic separation and a recent surge in antisemitism, more young people — Jewish and not — seem to be celebrating the sabbath. By Alyson Krueger Thursday is not technically Shabbat ...

My father, a Holocaust slave-labor survivor of Siberia, taught me to love every part of Jewish observance as well as to respect and nod or smile at everyone I pass on the streets, and we lived in ...

Jewish Sabbath and the Romans. Share full article. May 6, 1894. ... "They are very much attached to the cold Sabbath, but their heart is colder than their religion.

(Shabbat, like all Jewish holidays, begins at sundown the previous day.) In some homes, Shabbat is “brought in” with singing, blessings for children, prayers over wine and bread, and a set table.

As one who is keen on using brachot, Jewish blessings, to infuse special moments with kedusha, or holiness, I am very much prepared to make two brachot when that moment finally arrives: ...

Indeed, Jewish tradition maintains that everyone who is able to say 100 blessings a day is truly blessed. Among the special occasion blessings there is a blessing for seeing a non-Jewish sage and ...

This weekend marks the conclusion of the Jewish fall holiday season, a three-week sequence of festivals and holy days that is characterized by a broad diversity of religious emotions.

One Jewish camp attendee in the 1980s declared, “I can credit camp with my entire Jewish identity. The whole reason I stuck with Judaism was camp and the connections I made.” ...

Great Big Challah Bake at the Boulder JCC draws a big crowd 02:04. Challah is a braided bread made with eggs that's often eaten on the Jewish Sabbath and holidays.

The Detroit Jewish community was shaken again today by the newest development in a long-running dispute over Sabbath schedules at the Detroit Jewish Community Center–a decision to introduce some ...