I’m standing here at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel, right on the border with Gaza. A place where so many terrorist atrocities took place on the 7th of October. And from here I’d ...

Berel Lang of Wesleyan University writes to ask if I would “consider tracing the genealogy of the Hebrew Sabbath greeting ‘Shabbat Shalom’ — specifically, when it entered popular discourse.” And he ...

Shabbat shalom, let all our dead stand up and pray Shabbat shalom, let us forgive our murderers and supressors Shabbat shalom, let us say a death prayer for Hitler Shabbat shalom, let us sway our ...

Each Friday I try to end the week by saying Shabbat Shalom to people who have made a difference over the past week, those who have stood up, spoken clearly, or helped move things forward when it ...

I am not, as most Israelis are not, what anyone would call religious. But Shabbat is something else. I believe in God, not ashamed of it. Though it is not exactly a career enhancer in Hollywood, not ...

It may have been Orthodox, but the Jewish Saturday morning gathering I attended was anything but stiff and formal Location: Finchley synagogue Denomination: Orthodox Judaism (United Synagogue) Service ...

Prayer for the Day presented by Rabbi Warren Elf of the Liverpool Reform Synagogue. Good morning and Shabbat shalom. Shabbat or the Sabbath day is probably the most important time of Jewish life, ...

PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — There’s something uniquely American about an event that combines secular ritual with actual religion. In six states and the District of Columbia, but especially in Pennsylvania, ...

The Jewish Sabbath says we can put the ugly and corrosive noise of the week behind us and contemplate the things that matter most.