When the Tel Aviv light rail opened in the summer of 2023, it shaved travel time from the city’s southern neighborhoods to ...

After pandemic separation and a recent surge in antisemitism, more young people — Jewish and not — seem to be celebrating the sabbath. By Alyson Krueger Thursday is not technically Shabbat ...

The great Hebrew essayist Ahad Ha’am famously observed, “More than the Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews.” Today, these words resonate with unprecedented urgency. As Jewish people face ...

(Shabbat, like all Jewish holidays, begins at sundown the previous day.) In some homes, Shabbat is “brought in” with singing, blessings for children, prayers over wine and bread, and a set table.

The National Council of Jewish Women first envisioned Repro Shabbat in 2020 after a previous Supreme Court ruling — June Medical Services v. Russo — made its leader anxious about the future of ...

If ever there was a synagogue that’s earned the right to throw itself a birthday shindig, it’s this elegant and intriguing ...

Of all the gifts that the Jewish people has given to the world, perhaps the most important is what in Hebrew is called “Shabbat” and often translated into English as “Sabbath.” Shabbat ...

In an increasingly technological world, Shabbat is becoming more and more difficult to navigate. Here’s how the Jewish community is learning to adapt and get by.

The poet Heinrich Heine, in his poem “Princess Shabbat”, depicts the downtrodden 19th-century Jew who is treated like a dog during the week, but transformed by Shabbat into a prince. Jewish ...

Every Friday evening at sunset, the Jewish Sabbath — Shabbat in Hebrew — begins and until sunset the next day it is meant to be a time of rest. “Instead of the mundane labor that inundated ...

The Dec. 1 installment of Friday Night Shabbat marked the third time Mayerson JCC has hosted such an event, but it's the first time it has hosted one since the attacks in Gaza began, Fisher said.

Jewish people around the world grieve and pray for peace in first Shabbat services since Hamas attack Updated on: October 14, 2023 / 10:50 PM EDT / AP U.S. using diplomacy in Israel-Hamas conflict ...