Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a day when we step away from the distractions of everyday life and think about the things that truly matter: our relationship with G-d, the ...

Holocaust Remembrance Day takes place during the week after the Passover holiday. It is the day when Jews mourn not only the people they knew – each year there are, sadly, less people who knew ...

Today, Yom HaShoah, is a day of remembrance. On this day, the word “yizkor”, “we will remember”, is a term that conjures up deep emotion in the minds and hearts of Jews around the world, whether it is ...

On the last festival day of Passover, Ashkenazi synagogues will be reciting Yizkor for the first time since the war began on October 7. Many people, like myself, first began to hear about the Hamas ...

I suppose that Kol Nidrei is still the best-attended service of the Jewish calendar, but surely the memorial service known as Yizkor is a close second. After all, Yizkor — which means “May God ...

Lakewood, NJ - As the Passover holiday approaches, families worldwide prepare to gather in celebration and remembrance. Central to this time is the Yizkor service, a solemn moment dedicated to ...