Temple Emanu-El of Westfield extends a welcoming hand to gather in prayer at the community Passover Seder table, Tuesday, April 11, 6:00 p.m. Rabbi Doug Sagal and Cantor Martha Novick will lead ...

The problem is in the symbolism of the red hand itself. For many Jews, this symbol is an explicit reference to a 2000 incident in which a group of Palestinians in Ramallah brutally murdered two ...

Hanukkah commemorates the military victory of the ancient Jews, led by Judah Maccabee, over the army of the Greek-Syrians who had denied them religious freedom. This year, Hanukkah runs through ...

For Jews, Friday ushers in the weekly observance ... they envision annual celebrations, but in Judaism, one sacred observance occurs every week: the Sabbath. Known in Hebrew as Shabbat and in ...

One of the most sacred ... by hand. Now, demand for these prayer objects has soared since the war in Israel and Gaza that erupted on October 7 — mostly from less religious Jews, including ...

TRUSKAVETS, Ukraine — Nearly 600 Jews stand shoulder-to-shoulder ... “hamavdil ben kodesh l’chol” — “the One who divides between sacred and ordinary.” It looks like a Shabbat ...