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Observing Shabbat means going radically against today’s culture. For 25 hours each week, you’re putting down your cell phone, leaving your car in the driveway and not worrying about money or work.

Challah Day! by Charlotte Offsay, illustrated by Jason Kirschner Follow along as a family invites the reader into their home to bake challah together and prepare for Shabbat. With upbeat rhyme and fun ...

(JTA) — Contestants on an episode of “Jeopardy!” that aired Wednesday night were stumped when presented with a photo of cholent, a stew traditionally cooked by observant Jews over the course of ...

So what are the top 8 things to know about Shabbat Nachamu? #1. Firstly, being joyous and celebrating Shabbat Nachamu is a custom with deep historical roots. The Maharil (1365 - 1427) in his Minhagim ...

The recent corruption convictions of two prominent Orthodox Jewish leaders here — former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and William Rapfogel, former head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty — ...

Tree of Life synagogue, which hosts three Jewish congregations, had a Torah study and Shabbat services scheduled for Saturday morning, when a gunman burst into the building and opened fire, killing at ...

Elie Kligman, chosen by the Washington Nationals, is the second Orthodox Jew to be drafted in Major League baseball. News about Jacob Steinmetz’s selection to become the first orthodox Jew to play ...

Potentially sparking the new coalition’s first crisis, the United Torah Judaism party has demanded that the country cease routine maintenance work on the public intercity rail system on Saturdays, ...