There is an unsolved mystery at the heart of one of the most popular Jewish songs in history. Every Friday evening, Jews around the world recite the poetic prayer “Lecha Dodi” to welcome the Sabbath.

Tonight at candle lighting time, Jews in Israel and around the world will go out to their gardens, porches, and windows to sing Lecha Dodi and Shalom Aleichem together.

(RNS) —The Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat was the first Jewish service organized and led by Jews of color to mark the annual celebration of freedom that is now a federal holiday. (RNS) — The songs sung ...

Fifteen Chicagoans joined the mission, including the following people—pictured in Budapest. (Back row from left: Michael Oxman, Lisa Gelles, Marnie Rudick, Alex Entratter, Emily Benovitz, Dan Dorfman, ...

(New York Jewish Week) — An Orthodox Jewish music festival will take place in Bethel, New York in August — at the very same location where the iconic Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place in August of ...

Orphans from Odessa are kept on a rigorous schedule at a western shelter and video conferences set up for COVID-19 relieve elderly Jews’ isolation. (JTA) — Fleeing Odessa with 300 Jewish orphans, ...