From Baroque Italy to ancient Hebrew poetry, Philharmonia Baroque's "Jewish Nightlife" overturns easy ideas about what Jewish ...
Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, the school’s principal, wrote in an email that the goal of the get together is to celebrate, “the joy, fulfillment and meaning that there is in being a Jew,” along with ...
STOCKTON. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM IN EL DORADO HILLS CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF A TORAH SCROLL TONIGHT. IT’S THE MOST SACRED OBJECT FOR THE JEWISH FAITH. KCRA 3’S ANDRES VALLE WAS AT TODAY’S ...
Last week, our communities gathered to mark the one-year yahrzeit observance of the tragedy of Oct. 7. While each communal event was different, there were common themes. Foremost, of course, was the ...
(JTA) — For many Jews across the United States and globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in synagogue, ...
Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...
Consequently, Simchat Torah, the most joyful day on the Jewish calendar, is now intrinsically connected to one of the darkest days in modern Jewish history. This month marks the first Simchat Torah ...
Two great traditions – bowling and Judaism. That’s according to Walter Sobchak, the antihero played by John Goodman in the Coen brothers’ classic slacker film The Big Lebowski. But if you substitute ...