(JTA) — Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday ...

"This Simchat Torah, we will dance again." That refrain was echoed coast-to-coast by American Jews on Monday, Oct. 13, as they prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays following ...

On Oct. 7, 2023, as communities in Israel gathered to celebrate Simchat Torah, a holiday known for community, dancing and joy, they were instead met with terror. In a ...

WASHINGTON. JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL, INCLUDING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. MANY CONGREGATIONS WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO CELEBRATE TODAY, SINCE IT’S A ...

(RNS) — On Yom Kippur, the Jewish community chanted the prayer Shema Koleinu and beseeched God: “Hear our voice; listen to our prayers and accept them in mercy!” Seldom are the pleas of an entire ...

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IN EGYPT TODAY FINALIZING A CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M JULIE CORNELL. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY 20, LIVING ISRAELI HOSTAGES AND THE ...

Few, perhaps, would have predicted the situation as it stands today. Two years after what has become known as the Simchat Torah massacre, named for the Jewish holy day on which it fell, Israel has ...

From left: Sinai Rabbinic Intern Moe Howard, Sinai Rabbis Gavriella Kornsgold, Avi Taff, David Wolpe, Nicole Guzik and Erez Sherman. Courtesy of Sinai Temple When Sinai Temple’s Simchat Torah Festival ...

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