Apple and Honey may be the traditional sign that the new year is here, but as of late, you can ...

After their expulsion from Spain in 1492, Sephardic Jews mostly settled in Amsterdam, North Africa and the Middle East.

I struggled to remember ever scrap of Judaism that I could. My family is secular. My mother feels uncomfortable in ...

The Jewish calendar has a number of such days in addition to Yom Kippur.

The Talmudic approach to the sciences, from astronomy to botany.

Looking back on the first three weeks of 2020, a theme for the month of January emerges. On the eve of ...

With the week coming to a close, let’s take a look at what you may have missed this week at ...

We are ready for Sunday morning bagels now.

An expert lesson on how to make beautiful, festive challah.

This Yom Kippur, the ISJL’s Rabbi Marshal Klaven and Rabbi Matt Dreffin will return to the communities where they spent ...