Jewish Features

By: Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann R’ Yitzchak’s wife and children all knew there was no mitzvah quite as dear to their father as the mitzvah of...

New Study Reveals Christopher Columbus’s Hidden Sephardic Jewish Roots in Western Europe Edited by: Fern Sidman A groundbreaking 20-year genetic investigation into the remains of Christopher...

Anti-Israel Bklyn Rabbi Faces Backlash for Meeting with Iranian President Days Before Rocket Barrage Hits Jewish State Edited by: Fern Sidman Abby Stein, a controversial part-time...

Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Celebrates Bar Mitzvah and Reaffirms Commitment to Combatting Anti-Semitism Edited by: Fern Sidman In a moving and symbolic moment, renowned hedge...

By Tzali Reicher(Chabas.org) Over the past week, Rabbi Fishel Zaklos has been stocking up on food and drinks, as well as connecting with the many members...

(JNS)  Below is the transcript of U.S. President Joe Biden’s High Holidays call on Oct. 9 with Jewish faith leaders. After the call was...

Simchat Torah: A Simcha is a Simcha is a Simcha? By: Rabbi Leo Dee   Rabbis in Israel and all over the world are asking themselves "How...

By: Rabbi Yisroel Jungreis Merits for Yom Kippur One of the emotional prayers that we recite from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur is Avinu Malkainu. The...

By: Shalom Goodman Yom Kippur 2024 Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, when we are closest to G‑d and most connected to the essence of...

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: Torah.org Staff Throughout the works of our Sages, we find that the holiday of Sukkos is referred to as “Zman Simchaseinu,” “The time of...

(JNS) – Some 5,000 people marched several blocks on Park Avenue through Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Monday evening, in what organizers say is...

(JNS) Some 75 people gathered at Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe, a nearly 85-year-old Modern Orthodox synagogue in Brighton, Mass., on Sunday for a siyum, a...

By Prof. Phyllis Chesler While Israelis may be under the most profound military siege and are rising to the challenge with unbelievable bravery and heroism...

The Day of Atonement By: Chabad.org Yom Kippur In Brief What: Yom Kippur fast day is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to...

By: Chabad.org The ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are known as Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, or the Ten Days of Repentance (more accurately...