There was a tremendous amount of joy and emotional release, but also a palpable sense of loss,” Rabbi Ari Hart, of Skokie, ...

Congregants of a synagogue in Skokie commemorated a special occasion Monday night that some thought would never come: The freeing of remaining hostages held by Hamas following the terror group’s ...

"This Simchat Torah, we will dance again." That refrain was echoed coast-to-coast by American Jews on Monday, Oct. 13, as they prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays following ...

Lala Levi lights Simchat Torah candles alongside her ‘chavrutah’ (study partner) at Kesher Yehudi’s Jerusalem retreat for Nova survivors. (photo credit: SHLOMI COHEN) In the months following Oct. 7, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As hopeful signs emerge about the end of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a Portland synagogue held a gathering to mark the release of the hostages. Congregation Neveh ...

There were tears of joy Monday evening in Plano, where members of a Jewish synagogue with close ties to the families of hostages celebrated the release of those who were still alive after 2 years in ...

After the last of the living hostages in Gaza were released last week, a prominent New York synagogue faced a complicated question: Should it remove the Israeli flag on its bimah? Central Synagogue in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – A Richmond synagogue is reacting after hostages held by Hamas and prisoners held by Israel in Gaza were set free. On Monday, Oct. 13, as part of a ceasefire deal brokered by the ...