Editor’s Note: Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h, is no longer with us in a physical sense, but her message is eternal and The Jewish Press will continue to present the columns that for more than half a century ...
Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...
(RNS) — Some of my favorite malapropisms have happened in synagogues during worship. For example, there was the bar mitzvah kid several years ago who stood up to give his speech, thanking everyone ...
(JTA) — The proportion of American Jews who pray on any regular basis is down sharply from a decade ago, according to a new poll of American religion by the Pew Research Center. In 2014, 45% of Jewish ...
Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the ...
The Holocaust in Norway was especially devastating relative to the size of the country’s small Jewish community. Of the roughly 1,100 Jews who remained in Norway and did not flee, about 770 were ...
The proportion of American Jews who pray on any regular basis is down sharply from a decade ago, according to a new poll of American religion by the Pew Research Center. In 2014, 45% of Jewish adults ...