17+ hour, 27+ min ago  (244+ words) As Canada's Parliament moved to pass legislation that could penalize the public quoting of certain biblical passages, a very different scene was unfolding in Ottawa. The timing could hardly have been more striking. While hundreds gathered to pray for the…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (84+ words) Light Candles: 7:04 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 8:06 p.m. Light Candles: 7:20 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 8:21 p.m. Light Candles: 6:57 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 7:58 p.m. Light Candles: 6:19 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 7:37 p.m. Light Candles: 6:31 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 7:39 p.m. Light Candles: 6:43 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 7:38 p.m. Light Candles: 6:41 p.m. Shabbat Ends: 7:36 p.m....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1051+ words) Eighty years ago, as the spring of 1946 arrived across a shattered Europe still drenched in blood, the Jewish people prepared to celebrate Passover under circumstances almost beyond human comprehension. World War II had ended less than a year earlier. The…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1028+ words) On the eve of Passover, as Jews around the world prepare to sit at the Seder table and recite "Vehi She'amda" " "In every generation they rise up to destroy us, and the Holy One, blessed be He, saves us from…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (880+ words) Jewish holidays often seem to arrive precisely when their messages resonate most. This year, Purim " marking the defeat of an ancient Persian foe who sought to destroy the Jewish people " fell just days after Israel targeted Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah…...

4+ day, 58+ min ago  (647+ words) My mother came to live with us from her home in Pennsylvania in 2019 when she was 93. She loved the German Colony in Jerusalem and often treated us to lunch or invited us to join her for a cup of coffee…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (12+ words) Passover reimagined: How Jews reinterpret freedom at the Seder table'The Jerusalem Post...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (756+ words) There are moments in history when reality itself seems to fracture " when the familiar dissolves, and humanity is forced to confront the limits of fear, power, and hope. The story of the Exodus is on. It is often remembered as…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (407+ words) In Portland, Maine, a man walked into our shul and announced, "Did you hear what happened? We attacked Iran and killed the Ayatollah." It was Shabbat Zachor (the Shabbat before Purim), and we were about to read: "Remember what Amalek…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (445+ words) At Temple Israel in suburban Detroit, where congregants are still reeling from last month's attack in which a man drove a vehicle filled with explosives into the building, a new Passover tradition is taking shape. "This Passover, we're adding something…...