Originally bar mitzvah meant simply "coming of age." The ceremony developed much later.

On Shabbat Noach (the Shabbat when Parshat Noah was read) I marked my 70th birthday by reciting haftarah at the Hendon ...

The defining moment of the ceremony is the child's first aliyah, but children may also play additional roles in the service.

The Torah is taken out during prayer services on Shabbat, Mondays and Thursdays.

What you should know before you're called to the Torah.

Jews and Muslims have enjoyed positive relations throughout history, but various historical and political developments have led to an entrenchment of anti-Semitic views.

The day I got the email our family’s life changed.  The president of our synagogue had forwarded it to me ...

The dinner is much more than delicious food; its a chance to bring a person’s memory back to life through story-telling and tradition.

I returned yesterday from a four-day trip to Vienna, which I blogged about briefly last week. As I mentioned in ...

Reading the Torah has always fascinated me. I grew up in a home of leyners (readers of Torah, traditionally men) ...