“Remember and observe" - Ramban explains that Shabbat must be blessed and sanctified, for God commanded us to remember and bless it, and to refrain from labor so that it remains holy for us.

February and March are primed for celebrations on the Jewish calendar this year. After honoring the trees during Tu BiShvat at the start of the month, we now have the festive holiday of Purim to look ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of Jewish students, faculty and friends gathered under a sprawling Dunn Meadow tent on March 29 for a Shabbat dinner that ...

Around 700 students and community members attended the annual Mega Shabbat hosted by Northwestern Hillel, Chabad and Olami ...

From kosher tailgates to blue-square anti-hate campaigns, Jewish communities across the US, and Israel found unique ways to ...

LOVELAND, Ohio — Amid the Israel and Hamas conflict, the Jewish community in Cincinnati is observing Shabbat, the day of rest. Shabbat began on Friday, Oct. 13 at sundown. Earlier on Friday, women ...

In the wake of Oct. 7 and the subsequent surge of antisemitism worldwide, many have asked how we should respond to this darkness. The answer, I believe, lies in one of our most powerful traditions: ...

Participants in the Muslim-Jewish Dialogue filled up at least two tables at the Shabbat. The discussion was relaxed, with conversations about what people had been doing the last week and what plans ...

Penn’s Jewish Heritage Programs hosted “Shabbat for 1K” on Friday, an event organized to provide free Shabbat dinners to students across campus. The Nov. 14 event — which occurs each semester and was ...

Penn Pavilion will transform from a venue for meetings to a holy space, as more than 300 Jewish students gather for a festive Shabbat dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in between the holidays of Rosh ...

Jewish authors win top prizes in children’s literature categories at the Sydney Taylor Book Awards, hosted by the Association ...