Ending -- and beginning -- the Torah cycle

Shabbat Parah, Shabbat HaHodesh and Shabbat HaGadol.

The Holy City changed hands many times before the War of Independence.

It’s not news that a Hasidic Jew can rule the charts or that Yiddish-revivalist klezmer-punk bands are capable of rocking ...

I grew up a BIG wrestling fan. For all the television I watch, this fact actually about me still surprises ...

I’m not a great believer in fate, but I certainly have encountered more than a few instances of bashert—that lovely Hebrew ...

Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's daughter's modest break with patriarchal traditions created new religious options for Jewish women.

For a traditional family, the appropriate date for a bar/bat mitzvah is the Shabbat on or following the child's birthday, but for a liberal family, selecting a date can be more complicated.

Each Torah portion is paired with a passage from the Prophets.

Special ceremonies for ending and beginning the Torah cycle.