Jay Lefkowitz is a lawyer in New York City. There is a cartoon circulating on the Internet these days that captures the monotony of self-isolating life during the covid-19 pandemic. The image is of a ...

Of all the gifts that the Jewish people has given to the world, perhaps the most important is what in Hebrew is called “Shabbat” and often translated into English as “Sabbath.” Shabbat, however, is ...

Every Friday evening at sunset, the Jewish Sabbath — Shabbat in Hebrew — begins and until sunset the next day it is meant to be a time of rest. “Instead of the mundane labor that inundated the week, ...

Haven't you ever just wished that life came with a "pause" button? According to Jewish tradition, it does. And now, groups of families throughout the Pioneer Valley are reconnecting with that ...

(JTA) — Contestants on an episode of Jeopardy that aired Wednesday night were stumped when presented with a photo of chulent, a stew traditionally cooked over the course of Shabbat. The clue, for $400 ...

This is not your parents’ Shabbat — it’s a little more rock ’n’ roll. And it’s not the usual setting for the Jewish Friday night services that herald in the Sabbath. Instead, Warehouse Shabbat moves ...

Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their first Shabbat services since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting an ongoing war. Rabbis led prayers of peace and ...

When he was the nation’s leading scorer at Yeshiva University, Ryan Turell didn’t have to worry about suiting up on Shabbat — the school, which is affiliated with Orthodox Judaism, never schedules ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Jewish community in southern Nevada is coming together in downtown Las Vegas for a pop-up shabbat. Two local congregations, Temple Ner Tamid and Temple Sinai are coming to ...