The Tenth of Tevet is a fast day for the Jewish people, commemorating the beginning of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar - a process that ultimately led to the destruction of ...

What is the secret that the patriarch Yaakov knew about the "Shema Yisrael" ("Hear O Israel") prayer - the Torah's famous declaration of God's unique Oneness? And why do we close our eyes when we ...

An arson suspect has admitted setting fire to Mississippi’s largest synagogue - police are now investigating the reasoning ...

A suspect has been arrested following an arson attack on Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, that heavily ...

From Shlock Rock to major Israeli theater productions, Beit Shemesh’s cultural center is turning the city into an unexpected ...

Released Gaza hostage Eli Sharabi came to speak to 3 local Jewish day schools in Livingston, New Jersey, and was invited to ...

As two gunmen opened fire on hundreds celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, 14-year-old Chaya Dadon’s mind was clear.

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Authorities arrested a suspect Saturday night after a fire gutted Mississippi’s largest synagogue in what investigators ruled ...

Strengthening Jewish identity is our most powerful response to and protection from antisemitism. It is how we have endured ...

The Sfat Emet offers a profound reframing of Pharaoh’s hardened heart. He notes that the Torah uses the word חזק ( chazak ), ...