Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a time meant for celebration and self-reflection. The holiday, which begins this year at sundown on Friday and ends at nightfall on Sunday, is a joyous occasion ...

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 ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing. The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people ...