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Lighting candles for those killed during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel at a Shabbat marketplace in San Diego, part of the 10th annual Shabbat Project, Nov. 3, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Citizens of 100 countries join Shabbat Project, show solidarity with Israel

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Earlier this month, Jews in more than 1,500 cities in 100 countries participated in an event in solidarity with Israel. The gatherings on Nov. 3-4 were supposed to be the 10th anniversary of the International...
Shabbat Project in Karmiel

Thousands of Jews Across the World Participate in Shabbat Project

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After more subdued celebrations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the international Shabbat Project roared back to life last weekend with record-setting participation in the initiative’s ninth year, holding 1,166 citywide “unity events”...
Challah-baking in Sydney, Australia, with the Shabbat Project in 2014. Credit: The Shabbat Project.

Shabbat Project returns in-person globally with new energy, opportunities

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After nearly two years of being apart, participants of the international Shabbat Project in more than 1,500 cities and 109 countries worldwide will return to the annual initiative’s in-person Shabbat experiences from Oct. 22-23. Following last year’s...
A Jewish Havdalah service marking the end of Shabbat in Los Angeles. Credit: Reboot.

Reinvented Shabbat Project to ‘bring Shabbat home’ in more than 1,600 cities worldwide

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In a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the seventh annual international Shabbat Project is organizing virtual pre-Shabbat events and providing educational materials for an intimate home-based Shabbat experience in more than 1,600 cities...
A women's challah bake in Cali, Colombia. Credit: The Shabbat Project.

Annual Shabbat Project sees unprecedented participation in US, Israel and worldwide

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The seventh annual international Shabbat Project reached 1,685 cities and 106 countries across the world this year, attracting record numbers of participants in many of those cities. The 2019 Shabbat Project that took place from...
Challah and candles lit prior to the start of Shabbat.

More than 1 million Jews expected to participate in this year’s Shabbat Project

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More than 1 million Jewish people are expected to keep Shabbat in 1,500 different cities around the world for the Shabbat Project, which takes place from Nov. 15-16. Last year, an equal number of people...

From Tokyo to Tel Aviv: Jews around the world mark 5th Global Shabbat

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Mozambique, Togo, Paraguay and Venezuela are among the latest countries to join the blooming annual Shabbat Project, which sees over a million Jews taking part in a communal initiative to celebrate Shabbat. They are joined...

Hafrashat Jala

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Next week’s Shabbat is a very special one for Jews everywhere. It is a time when every Jewish congregation around the world will be together, not physically but spiritually. This year, the Kehila Ashkenazi granted...