"This Simchat Torah, we will dance again." That refrain was echoed coast-to-coast by American Jews on Monday, Oct. 13, as they prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays following ...

(JTA) — Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday ...

On Oct. 7, 2023, as communities in Israel gathered to celebrate Simchat Torah, a holiday known for community, dancing and joy, they were instead met with terror. In a ...

(RNS) — On Yom Kippur, the Jewish community chanted the prayer Shema Koleinu and beseeched God: “Hear our voice; listen to our prayers and accept them in mercy!” Seldom are the pleas of an entire ...

WASHINGTON. JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL, INCLUDING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. MANY CONGREGATIONS WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO CELEBRATE TODAY, SINCE IT’S A ...

From left: Sinai Rabbinic Intern Moe Howard, Sinai Rabbis Gavriella Kornsgold, Avi Taff, David Wolpe, Nicole Guzik and Erez Sherman. Courtesy of Sinai Temple When Sinai Temple’s Simchat Torah Festival ...

This week’s Torah portion is Vayeilech: Deuteronomy 31:1 – 30 In January 2024, on my second trip back to Israel after the Oct. 7 tragedy, I was stopped in my tracks by a short bit of street poetry, ...