Jewish religion

RABBI ELIZABETH HERSHJanuary 13, 2022What inspires you? How are you empowered? The Beshalach portion of the Torah teaches us the importance of faith, patience, and action. We read about the importance of keeping your word and the…

As Senate Democrats seek ways to confirm Deborah E. Lipstadt's appointment as the State Department's special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, amid Republican objections, experts wonder if the Raising the post to the rank of…

Hannah Dreyfus, an investigative journalist, has spent the past six years both as a member of the Jewish…

We went through our first difficult winter of COVID-19 in 2020-21, and a considerable amount of music was…

JERUSALEM - When Israel's new government took office last June, it signaled it was moving forward on an egalitarian prayer site at the Western Wall in Jerusalem - a sensitive holy place that has become a sticking point among the Jews on how…

Maybe it was because I had just picked up Kim from Union Station in Kansas City and had time to reflect on the grim symbolism of an actual WWII German freight car temporarily installed at the outside.…

It was recently reported that Jewish students at Tel Aviv University are protesting against a "Christmas Market" event held on December 15 on the university campus. The Christmas market is part of an ongoing series of multicultural events…

JTA - As Danny Tenenbaum prepares to open debates in the Montana Legislature on March 29, he said to himself: better keep it short. So he sang the Shema prayer. He had other ideas for the invocation, he told the Jewish Telegraphic…

The first Christmas marked the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. The stage was set in Bethlehem, a small town in Judea. The cast included Joseph, Mary, shepherds and angels. The Baby Jesus is at…

(JTA) - Desmond Tutu, the archbishop who closely identified with the historic suffering of the Jewish people in his strong advocacy against apartheid in South Africa, died Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu, Cape Town's first!-->…