I’m standing here at the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel, right on the border with Gaza. A place where so many terrorist atrocities took place on the 7th of October. And from here I’d ...

Shabbat is a weekly infusion of both physical and spiritual delight and rest for the Jewish people, the authors write. Our Torah portion, Kedoshim (holiness), expounds on pillars of sanctity that ...

20:42, Fri, Sep 7, 2018 Updated: 20:52, Fri, Sep 7, 2018 Rosh Hashanah translates as the “beginning of the year”. The holiday will begin on Sunday, September 9 and end on the evening of Tuesday, ...

Sukkot is a Hebrew festival which takes place on the 15th day of the month of the seventh month of Tishrei (October 15). The festival follows the Jewish holidays of Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...

As opposed to a regular Friday-night Shabbat at Chabad when anywhere from 150-200 students show up, Mega Shabbat is intended to introduce a wider audience to the Jews’ day of rest and to Jewish ...

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