Tashlich is more than a spiritual, Marie Kondo purge, experts say
Earlier this month, Royal Auction House in Toms River, N.J., sold an 1806 illustrated, handwritten Tashlich guide for $5,000. Last month, Appel Auction in New York offered but didn’t sell a 19th-century painting depicting the rite. Years prior,...
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gather in Jerusalem for Sigd
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews gathered in Jerusalem Thursday to celebrate the festival of Sigd, marking the community’s centuries-old aspirations to return to the holy city.
On a sunny, warm winter’s day, busloads of people came...
Theresa May’s Chanukah message to the British Jewish community
I want to send my very best wishes to everyone celebrating Chanukah in our Jewish communities here in the UK and all around the world.
It marks the triumph of freedom over hatred. And it...
Second memorial ceremony for fallen ultra-Orthodox soldiers goes virtual
A memorial commemorating fallen soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces who fought in haredi Orthodox units was broadcasted on Monday night from the Hechal Shlomo auditorium in Jerusalem without an audience due to restrictions related to...
President Trump (and His Jewish Daughter and Son-in-Law) Skipped the White House Passover Seder
President Donald Trump did not attend the annual White House Passover Seder held on Monday night, a spokeswoman confirms to PEOPLE.
His daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who are both Jewish, also skipped the event,...
‘Day of Unity’ offers comfort, outreach for women who lost relatives on Lag B’Omer
Dozens of women whose husbands, sons, brothers or fathers lost their lives in the crush on an overcrowded ramp at Mount Meron on Lag B’Omer joined together in Jerusalem last week in an emotional...
Apples, honey and help to go to thousands of elderly Russian Jews
Continuing a tradition started before the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and its network of volunteers will provide extra aid and traditional Rosh Hashanah...
Day Two: STM Presents “Hanukke Oy Hanukke a Yom Tev a Sheiner”
Kippalive - Al HaNisim כיפה-לייב על הניסים
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7MXDlPg_LI
Purim 2023: Multitudes to join in community Megillah readings
Tens of thousands of Jews will attend public Megillah readings for the Purim holiday organized by two prominent Modern Orthodox organizations and taking place in hundreds of communities throughout Israel.
This year’s Megillah BaKehilla (“Megillah...
Ukraine embassy says Jews will be unable to visit Uman for Rosh Hashanah
The Ukrainian embassy in Israel said in a released statement that due to Russia’s ongoing war, those who are hoping to make the annual pilgrimage to the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman in the city...