Was She a Saint? It may be a long time before the Christian world knows what to make of the Frenchwoman named Simone Weil. She was born (in 1909) into an agnostic Jewish family, and died (in 1943 ...

But there have been a few exceptions. Pickette loves Eli Wallach’s character, Rabbi Aaron Gold in Claudia Weil’s 1978 film Girlfriends. Wallach, while an older man, doesn’t have a beard or ...

Yom Kippur is part of the Jewish high holy days, but you shouldn't tell someone "Happy Yom Kippur." Here's what you need to ...

A rabbi and a group of Jewish students were held at gunpoint during a late Wednesday dinner on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, according to the University of Michigan. Southfield police say the ...

His death was confirmed the following week. Azman, one of two men who claim the title of Ukraine’s chief rabbi, is a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Since the breakup of the ...

(JNS) Some 5,000 people marched several blocks on Park Avenue through Manhattan’s Upper East Side in what organizers say is the city’s largest-ever Torah dedication, which honored the victims ...

Given that I am, as mentioned, hardly an expert on anything related to Jewish liturgy (I eat pork! I’ve been known to blog on Shabbat! I have upwards of a dozen tattoos, many of which I am actively ...

Oct. 4 (UPI) --An armed suspect late Wednesday broke into the Detroit suburban home of a rabbi who was hosting Jewish university students for a holiday dinner, authorities and officials said.

The traditional foods that are consumed during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which began Wednesday at sunset, complement the deeper meaning of the holiday, a rabbi told Fox News Digital.

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Some of the key ways to observe Rosh Hashanah include attending synagogue services to hear the blowing of the shofar, a ...

A masked gunman broke in to a Southfield home of a rabbi who works with the University of Michigan community late Wednesday during a Jewish holiday meal hosted for roughly 20 students, according ...