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...

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...

Parshas Vayeilech – Shabbos Shuvah Let’s Make a Deal By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin My mother, the Rebbetzin a”h, would often lead Hineni tours to Israel. Instead...

By:  Yonoson Rosenblum What is the power of this work, which is written in a simple, straightforward style, and lacks any dramatic stories? The sefer...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin V’heyei brachah…. And you shall be a blessing.” (Bereishis 12:2) Rashi, in expounding upon this possuk, explains that HaShem was telling Avraham Avinu...

On the Shetland Islands where I grew up, my mother served homemade pickled herring and seltzer water after the end of services—essential, she insisted,...

It was used as a talisman in war, offered as food to the gods and purportedly seduced a Russian tsarina who was famously averse...

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston It’s hard to believe that we are now in 5783, b”H. Time moves SO fast these days. I’m not sure, but...

By:  Rafael Medoff   Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the foremost American Jewish leader of the 1930s and 1940s, is widely remembered as a staunch supporter of...

By Rabbi Ari Enkin, Rabbinic Director, United with Israel We are told that three barren women were remembered and blessed with a child on Rosh...

Emirates nuptials, largest Jewish event in the country’s history, a sign of couple’s commitment to Jewish life By: Menachem Posner Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi to the...

On the rejuvenation of spiritual life and the essential meaning of teshuvah By: Eli Rubin Many years ago, my teacher, Rabbi Elimelech Zweibel, spoke about teshuvah....