The concept of “blessings” gets tossed around widely and casually these days. After all, what is social media without a slew of (sincere or ironic) #blessed captions? But in Judaism, blessings are an ...

Michael Baror, deputy ambassador at the Israeli embassy in Kenya (with watering can), plants a tree at the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology in Kisumu, Kenya. Photo by Ryan Torok With the ...

Reform, Conservative and Orthodox spiritual leaders turned to different ideas from within Jewish texts and tradition. So we reached out to rabbis from different denominations to get their opinions.

While Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday on the Jewish calendar, it's a beloved occasion for Jewish people coinciding ...

The release of the last living hostages has created a clean end point for the special prayers. Yet it is important to ...

It happened just before Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. It happened again, just as the Old Testament Queen Esther put a plan into place that saved the Jews from genocide. And it will happen ...

Joe Buchanan sets Jewish prayers and ideas into country ballads — an unusual combo given the genre's use by Christian bands.

Google is now offering the answers for what blessings observant Jewish people should make prior to consuming food or drinks in their quick answers. The term for blessing in Hebrew is ‘Bracha‘ and if ...

If Monday mornings have seemed dark and gloomy since the dawn of time, an ancient Jewish tradition might help explain why. “Right now, it’s the rarest observance in Judaism,” Herschel Chait, President ...