What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

Torah in Seven, hosted by Lubavitch International's editor-in-chief, Baila Olidort, distills each week’s parsha into a clear, ...

It’s a joy to light Hanukkah candles for eight straight nights, no question. But after the candles begin their burn, why not ...

Volunteers of all ages came together to give back to the community through a variety of hands-on mitzvah projects.

Tol editor David Horovitz discusses the justices taking the government to task for not setting up a state commission of ...

When I was younger and still figuring out what religion meant to me, I went to synagogue most Shabbats. I loved the rhythm of the service, the sense of belonging, the melodies that felt familiar and ...

There is an old cliche that goes, “It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it.” While that particular phrase only dates back to the 1970s, there is a much more ancient and Jewish source to this ...

(RNS) — Robert Nosanchuk, senior rabbi at Mishkan Or in Beachwood, Ohio, thinks of sermons at the High Holidays like snapshots of their times: “They capture a moment in time of relationship between … ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Jewish communities across central Illinois will soon gather at synagogues or special services to mark the start of the High Holy Days. Rosh Hashanah begins the Days of Awe, which are 10 days of ...

Like many millennial men, I spent time this summer caught up in a wave of nostalgia fueled by the premiere of “Happy Gilmore 2”, the sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 movie about a foul-mouthed man-child ...

If you thought the age of Christian missionaries traveling the world to spread the word of God and evangelize locals was over, think again—they’ve just gotten sneakier. A recent investigation by The ...