Simchat Torah itself became a scar. The holiday, whose name means “Rejoicing with the Torah,” marks the Torah reading’s annual completion and restart — a cycle of renewal, celebrated with exuberant ...

Isabel Schenkel is a good example of a convert who was drawn to Judaism from childhood. She writes: ‘I was born in Scotland. I don’t think my parents knew any Jews at all. My family immigrated to Los ...

The Conservative congregation hung a “bring them home now” sign out front on behalf of the hostages. Rabbi Jesse Olitzky added the “Acheinu” prayer for redeeming captives to the weekly Shabbat service ...

Some referred to a passage from Talmud (Shabbat 21b) that extends the metaphor of the Hanukkah candles to suggest ... where congregants sang Israel’s national anthem and a somber Hebrew song while ...

The ACUM Awards ceremony will present a number of awards on November 17. Local reggae/rappers Hatikva 6 and American pop star ...

While some artists boycott Israel, James Maslow went the other way — flying into a war zone to make music celebrating the ...

Lorde’s songs have disappeared from Apple Music in Israel after the New Zealand-born pop star yelled “free f–king Palestine” during a concert in New York City this week. The kerfuffle was ignited by ...

FILE - Singer Yuval Raphael waves Israel's national flag during a dress rehearsal for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, 16 May, 2025 Hurricane Melissa close to breaking pressure ...

GENEVA/VIENNA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", ...

The somber milestone comes with peace talks underway, hostages from the Hamas-led attack still in Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and Israel more isolated than ever. By David M. Halbfinger ...