When the Hebrew words felt empty, a rabbi suggested thinking of it as “Wow! Please? Thank you." By Jodi Rudoren See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...

We asked readers around the country to tell us what the holiest day of the Jewish calendar looks like for them in 2026.

Editor’s Note: Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h, is no longer with us in a physical sense, but her message is eternal and The Jewish Press will continue to present the columns that for more than half a century ...

Each Passover, as Jewish families start the Seder meal, a child asks, “Why is this night different from all other nights?” ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is a time for fasting, prayer, and self-reflection about the mistakes of the past year and how to do better in the future. Utah’s Jewish community ...

(RNS) — Some of my favorite malapropisms have happened in synagogues during worship. For example, there was the bar mitzvah kid several years ago who stood up to give his speech, thanking everyone ...

I’m beginning to come to terms with the fact that I am feeling hate — an unsettling, unfamiliar emotion for me. And I’m not alone. Congregants who have viewed themselves as peace-loving, balanced and ...

After 50 years leading various congregations in prayer as a Hazzan, an ordained Cantor, I am at a crossroads. Does God hear my prayers? Must I recite every prayer line-by-line, even though, admittedly ...

Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the ...