Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingride Simonyte told JNS there is always more to do in terms of Holocaust education. “The main point is to be...

By: Yehuda Shurpin When people ask about the Bible codes, they are usually referring to one specific type of code that received widespread publicity after...

Simchat Torah All Year Round Why the High Holidays? Why Not the Day of the Birthright Dance?! www.chabad.org- Tzvi Freeman- When I was a child, we were...

By JNS American Jews have internalized the non-Jewish conception of religion, according to Professor David Graizbord, associate director of Judaic Studies at University of Arizona. https://youtu.be/9IHlSIutRpQ “Judaism...

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Rabbi Menachem Posner- Chabad.org 1. It’s a Shelter We Dwell in on Sukkot The word sukkah best translates as “shelter” or “cover” and refers to the space where we...

Prayers for rain, Yizkor, farewell to the sukkah, and . . . dancing! By: Chabad.org In 2022, Shemini Atzeret begins before sundown on Oct. 16. Simchat Torah begins at...

Celebrating a weeklong emphasis on food, family, friends, tradition and the great outdoors. By: Ethel G. Hofman We are twice blessed. Sukkot, the harvest festival—and sometimes...

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By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s Succos time. Time to get a lulav and essrog. Time to take the succah walls out of storage. Time to...

By: Menachem Posner The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—are followed by Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (October...

The Rebbe and the General – Yom Kippur Remembrances By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin V’heyei brachah…. And you shall be a blessing.” (Bereishis 12:2) Rashi, in expounding upon this...

Tens of thousands of Jews gather at Jerusalem’s Kotel (Western Wall) to say the Selichot prayers in preparation for Yom Kippur which begins Tuesday...

By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS The latest exchange in the ongoing battle between Yeshiva University and the YU Pride Alliance, a student LGBTQ club, allowed for at...

By Menachem Posner 1. Myth: Kol Nidre Was Invented by Crypto-Jews in Spain The Yom Kippur services begin with Kol Nidre, expressing our regret for any vows we may (inadvertently) make during the...

Edited by: TJVNews.com As has been the practice of since its inception over 55 years ago, the Staten Island Council of Jewish Organizations (COJO-SI), the...