This past Sunday, a video circulated on social media of construction workers building the massive Yehudit pedestrian bridge in Tel Aviv. It was Friday night, and the workers momentarily stopped work ...

Rosh Hashanah is a time to spend with loved ones, including inviting those who don't observe the holiday to join friends and family who do for dinner. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is meant for ...

As is done at many synagogues in the US, at the end of the Friday night service we say Kiddush, the blessing over the wine as we sanctify Shabbat. Technically, the prayer starts by thanking God for ...

Recently, as my mother’s yahrzeit – anniversary of her death – came around I wondered: Was I going to New York to pray at her gravesite and recite the kaddish, or was I going to Florida to pray with ...

Yeah, fasting for 25 hours is hard, but the hardest mitzvah of the year doesn’t come until after Yom Kippur is over. Right after. For those of us who have made it through several hours of prayer ...