CELEBRATING SIMCHAT Torah this year presents a special challenge to the Jewish community. It is not just about dancing; it will be beseeching Hashem to accentuate happiness and joy and reduce our ...

Kehilat Nava Tehilla, a music-centered Jewish Renewal community in Jerusalem, will hold an expanded Yizkor and avoid the levity and “funny shticks” typical of a Simchat Torah celebration ...

Jewish holidays take place in the unique context of the Jewish ... mere purpose of God and Israel delighting in each other (Note: in the Reform movement, Simchat Torah and Shemini Atseret are ...

High Holy Days: A term often used to describe the holidays falling during the Hebrew month of Tishrei (often overlapping with September and October), the High Holy Days/Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, ...

So many of our hostages found their faith in the hells of the dungeons in Gaza, but did not receive minimal Jewish education ... October 7th as a reminder. Simchat Torah 5784!

The rabbi of Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan compared Trump's administration to the 30 days of mourning and detachment that follow a Jewish death. Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beth ...