In 1985, a Jewish-American astronaut read from the Torah in space. Jeffrey Hoffman, the first Jewish-American man to go into space, consulted a rabbi on how to observe Judaism on his first trip ...

The historical findings, discovered in the ancient city of Phanagoria, include an ark, a podium for reading the Torah, and seven-branched candlesticks. "The community adhered to all laws and ...

and fast days following the reading of the Torah portion in synagogues around the world) of Elisha and the Shunamite woman’s son offers powerful lessons about healing, miracles, and our ...

A small detail in the Jacob story in this week's Torah portion brings us an important piece of wisdom about patience and ...

(RNS) — Growing up in Argentina in an assimilated Jewish family, Jorge Singman never had a bar mitzvah, a rite of passage ...

Jewish girl Me-Me introduces us to the Bat Mitzvah ceremony as she prepares to become a ‘Daughter of the Law’, learning to pray and to read the Torah in public. Hannukkah, the festival of lights.

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again. Rabbi Sally J. Priesand’s ordination ...