The release of the last living hostages has created a clean end point for the special prayers. Yet it is important to ...

Since Oct. 7, 2023 my early morning routine has looked like this: reciting Modei Ani, the traditional prayer Jews say when they first wake up, and then hopping on my cell phone to scan what I had ...

In the middle of a six-lane interchange at the main entrance to Jerusalem, 200,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews are beseeching God for protection – not from Hamas or Hezbollah, but from the state of Israel.

Joe Buchanan sets Jewish prayers and ideas into country ballads — an unusual combo given the genre's use by Christian bands.

Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the ...

Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their first Shabbat services since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting an ongoing war. Rabbis led prayers of peace and ...

The proportion of American Jews who pray on any regular basis is down sharply from a decade ago, according to a new poll of American religion by the Pew Research Center. In 2014, 45% of Jewish adults ...

The congregants at Congregation Mishkan Or had just settled. Hundreds turned their attention to the bimah and awaited the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Jews in communities far from Israel gathered ...

Each year at this season Jews mark the start of a new year on the lunar Hebrew calendar. It’s a happy, hopeful time. The custom is to eat apples and honey as a symbol of wishes for a sweet year. This ...