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Study: Online hatred of Jews spiked 36.6% in 11 months after Oct. 7 attacks

(JNS) The antisemitism watchdog group Cyberwell released a report on the evolutions of online hate both before and after the Hamas terrorist attacks in...

How to Celebrate Simchat Torah

How to Celebrate Simchat Torah Unbridled joy, aliyahs for everyone, concluding the Torah and starting it anew By: Chabad.org In 2024, Simchat Torah (which comes on the...

Simchas Torah – We Will Dance Again

Simchas Torah - We Will Dance Again By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin In the aftermath of October 7, “We will dance again” became the motto of...

How Should We Commemorate a Simchat Torah Massacre?

How Should We Commemorate a Simchat Torah Massacre? By Tzvi Freeman Increasingly, our Ask-the-Rabbi team has been fielding concerns around the brutal massacre that occurred last Simchat...

Courage in faith: Choosing Judaism post-Oct. 7, a one-year reflection

By Rabbi David Kalb (JNS) Shemini Atzeret, marking the end of the Jewish holiday season, means “the eighth day of the assembly.” Part of why...

Rare 16th-Century Jewish Bible, Looted by Nazis, to Return to Budapest Seminary After Deal with U.S. Seller

Rare 16th-Century Jewish Bible, Looted by Nazis, to Return to Budapest Seminary After Deal with U.S. Seller Edited by: Fern Sidman In a case that has...

13 Facts You Should Know About Ushpizin—the Sukkot Spiritual Guests

By Rabbi Yehuda Altein -Chabad.org Kabbalah teaches that whenever we sit down to a meal in the sukkah during the festival of Sukkot, we’re joined by seven spiritual guests....

Jewish anti-Zionists can’t be part of our ‘big tent’ community

 By Jonathan S. Tobin  (JNS) Historical memory lies at the heart of most Jewish holiday commemorations. During Sukkot, for example, Jews daily welcome ushpizin—“guests” or...

15 Simchat Torah Facts Every Jew Should Know

15 Simchat Torah Facts Every Jew Should Know By:  Chabad.org 1.      Simchat Torah Comes After Sukkot Shemini Atzeret (“The Eighth Gathering”) comes after 7 days of Sukkot. On...

Autumn Festival and Sukkah Feasts, Made Simpler by Culinary Shortcuts

After cooking elaborate, traditional meals for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (pre- and post-fasting), convenience is now the top priority for the next seven...

A Guide to the Sukkot Holiday and the Meanings Behind It

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...

Sukkos–Shaking Up Our Priorities

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...

Of Succahs & Iron Dome

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Every day, from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Shemini Atzeres, we recite Psalm 27, “L’Dovid, HaShem, Ori V’yish’ee, HaShem, is my light...

New Study Reveals Christopher Columbus’s Hidden Sephardic Jewish Roots in Western Europe

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

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...

A Cancer Survivor’s Yom Kippur

By Bentzi Sasson(Chabbad.org) Yom Kippur 5775. The giant sanctuary at Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., was beyond full. The climax of the...

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