The Boise Jewish community prepares for a new chapter as Rabbi Johanna Hershenson takes the helm, with restored Torah scrolls ready for service.
Two new Torah scrolls were completed and dedicated at Tufts University on Sunday, Mar. 1. The completion of the scrolls was ...
Purim 2026 begins March 2. Here's what the Jewish holiday represents, why it's celebrated and why it's not 'Jewish Halloween' ...
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This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is the only Torah portion, from the beginning of Exodus through the end of Deuteronomy, from which Moses is completely absent. Everywhere else in Exodus, Numbers, ...
I admire Hertz’s willingness to engage directly with modern issues relevant to biblical criticism and classical English Bible commentaries, drawing from both Jewish and non-Jewish literary sources to ...
This week’s Torah portion is Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 The plot of the Torah is not mysterious. It is not convoluted. It’s just easy to lose in the fascinating details that we rabbis, going back ...
The heads of the Reform and Conservative movements respond with dismay to legislation that would penalize egalitarian prayer.
This evening, Purim celebrations began, in accordance with the Home Front Command's guidelines, with the reading of the Megillah, telling the story of the miracle that saved the Jewish people during ...
History has shown us that those who seek to destroy the Jewish people end up in its dustbin. But it has also shown us that we ...
(JTA) — Sometime in the early 2010s, Jeffrey Epstein walked into Dr. Steven Kaplan’s office for a root canal. The procedure took some time and required multiple visits. The two men got to chatting.
The latest release of emails connected to the child sex trafficker gives a fuller picture of his Jewish networking.