Judaism

Everything you need to know about Judaism and being Jewish: the weekly Torah portion, Jewish holidays, Jewish rituals and more.

 THE CHILDREN of terror victim Lucy Dee meet the recipient of her organs – and listen to their mother’s donated heart.

Judaism and organ donation: Is respiratory brain death considered death?

 FOR MANY converts, the original impetus was not actually a Jewish partner. Pictured: Huppa in Cape Town, 1979.

Shavuot: 7 things converts can teach us about Judaism

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT
 Women of the Wall read from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on the seventh day of Hanukkah, December 25, 2022.

A digital Jewish library aims to add women’s Torah scholarship to its shelves

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 SIVAN RAHAV-MEIR addresses 3,890 Chabad leaders in Edison, New Jersey, this past February.

'Days Are Coming': Israeli journalist shows a Jewish calendar journey - review

By ROSS SINGER
 AFTER COVERING their heads with ‘tallitot,’ the Kohanim raise their hands to bless the congregation (Pictured: On Sukkot at the Western Wall)

Parashat Naso: The Priestly Blessing’s many layers

 THE TORAH is a Torah of life, a Torah of grace.

Parashat Naso: ‘Torat hessed’ – Shavuot

Shabbat candles

Shavuot and Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

 THE AGPOV family with ITIM head Rabbi Seth Farber (L) after receiving Israeli citizenship at the Netanya Interior Ministry offices.

Ukrainians trying to convert to Judaism in Israel face Kafkaesque trials

Touching: Children sing "Kad Yatvin" in Russian at historic ceremony

By Mark Fish

Around the world: Prayers and spiritual commitments for Rabbi Pinto’s recovery

By Mark Fish

Worth reading: Shavuot Myths

By Mark Fish
 BUYING KOSHER produce in central Jerusalem during the shmita sabbatical year, 2000.

Conservative movement rules: Permissible to eat at non-kosher vegetarian, vegan restaurants

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews perform a brit mila in the ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on November  9, 2014

Converting to Judaism in Israel is nearly impossible - ITIM report

Rabbi Pinto: Children's Education Begins With How Their Parents Conduct Themselves

By Mark Fish

Rabbi Pinto's Visit to Dubai with Sheikhs, Businessmen and Government Officials

By Mark Fish
 BNEI BRAK main street, 1938.

Was Bnei Brak Jewish community's founding blessed by a hassidic rebbe?

By LEVI COOPER
 THE MYOPIC irony? Overlooking that future generations will judge us exactly the same way we judge previous generations.

Shavuot: Looking forward & backward

By MOSHE TARAGIN
 KUBBELACH: WOOD SORREL & SWISS CHARD SOUP WITH CHICKEN-STUFFED MATZAH BALLS

As a rabbi in a small town, I understand the Jewish class divide — and how to close it

By Rabbi Rachel Isaacs/JTA
 A BUST of the Bard peeks out of a Stratford-upon-Avon hotel, Britain. Will this new Haggadah raise questions about antisemitism in Shakespearean England?

'The Shakespeare Haggadah': Merging the Bard with Passover - review

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 Shabbat (Illustrative).

Keeping Shabbat is the key to achieving Jewish nirvana, new book says

 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE at Elephantine Island near Aswan, Egypt. The book references another archaeological find at the same island connected to Passover observance.

'The Origins of Judaism': Finding how far back rabbinic tradition goes - review

By ARI ZIVOTOFSKY
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