Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith, is being celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the ...

The holiest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, described as the Day of Atonement where fasting, prayer and repentance will take place for 25 hours. While Americans ...

They hid revolvers in teddy bears, they smuggled explosives in their underwear, they flung Molotov cocktails, they bombed German supply trains, they distributed underground bulletins, and they ...

Two years ago, the attack on Israel marked a turning point for the Jewish community and for higher education. Across the country, a resurgence of antisemitism at many colleges and universities has too ...

O n a cool February evening, students trickled into a small room tucked away in Williams Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. Some nodded at each other knowingly when they walked in. A few ...

Rabbi Steinhardt has been able to lead and energize us for 31 years because his Judaism comes from deep intellectual and spiritual development.” — Melanie Jacobson, Executive Vice President, B’nai ...

Protesters have marched near the Israeli consulate in New York City over issues including the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Ilan Glazer of the Beth Sholom Synagogue in Memphis, Tennessee. Rabbi Glazer was ordained in 2012 by ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal. He has a B.A. in Talmud and ...