Tag: Shabbat
Seeking a world record with a pretty big twist
Members of the New York Jewish community are hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the lengthiest challah after making a 35-foot-long braided bread and submitting proof of their results to the organization...
Anti-Israel protesters target Schumer Shabbat dinner with daughter
Amanda Yee goes by "Radio Free Amanda" on X, where she has nearly 85,000 followers and self-identifies as a "journalist and editor."
On Saturday, she posted that she and colleagues received "a tip" on Friday that U.S....
Those who can keeping the day for those who can’t: Shabbat 4 Soldiers
When Sasha Litnaitzky-Drutz and David Drutz of Toronto held their first soup-to-nuts Shabbat on Dec. 22, the guest of honor was 6,000 miles away.
Now in their second year of marriage, the couple had been...
Jewish great awakening follows Oct. 7 terror attacks
Those who experience the trauma of losing a friend or loved one or seeing them injured in a violent conflict often become more religious, according to research that U.S., Canadian, Czech and German researchers published in...
Citizens of 100 countries join Shabbat Project, show solidarity with Israel
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...
A paramedic recounts Israel’s black Sabbath
Early in the morning on Simchat Torah, my husband woke me up and told me that there were many rocket launches towards central Israel. As a volunteer paramedic with United Hatzalah, I am available...
Jewish Jamboree: Three Scouts celebrate bar mitzvahs among friends
The 2023 National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America ended on July 28 after 10 activity-packed days at the high adventure Summit Brechtel Family Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, W.V.
Contingents of more than 12,500...
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on employee’s right to observe Sabbath
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case centered on the rights of employees to observe their religious Sabbath, or day of rest.
Both religious and secular Jewish groups are watching Groff v. DeJoy closely, and...
Post-Passover seder Shabbat dinner: Make it light and easy
The Passover seders fall midweek this year: the first one on Wednesday, April 5, and the second on Thursday, April 6. Most of us go out of our way to prepare substantial festive meals...
UK chief rabbi to stay with King Charles to be able to attend coronation...
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Ephraim Mirvis will be an overnight guest of the royal family in May so that he will be able to attend King Charles’s coronation that will take place...