Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.

A word and its opposite may be one and the same.

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Saving Judaism.

Judaism has communal fasts that are not on the yearly calendar and numerous occasions when individuals may choose to fast.

From religious idea to secular ideology.

Tensions exist between national observance and private remembrance on Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day.

This fast commemorates the beginning of the end of the First Temple.

Spiritual preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can make the holidays that much more meaningful.

The different types of Jewish festivals