Some 2,800 Jewish New Yorkers packed the top floor of Javits North on 11th Avenue to participate in The Big Shabbat — an ...

At “Big Shabbat,” nearly 3,000 Jews at the Javits Center in Manhattan broke the Guinness world record for largest Shabbat ...

It wasn’t just a celebratory dinner,” Rabbi Joshua Davidson, of Temple Emanu-El, told JNS. “It became an important ...

Shabbat is a weekly chance to hit pause, unplug and reconnect — with yourself, your people and something bigger than the weekly to-do list.

Thanksgiving is very Jewish. A festive meal where we proclaim thanks for the blessings we have? That’s called Shabbat. Jews know Thanksgiving because it’s a holiday we essentially celebrate every week ...

With less than a month remaining until the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 2026 Campaign for Jewish Needs concludes on Dec.

Tens of thousands of people from all segments of the Jewish community flocked to Hebron last Shabbos for Parshat Chayei Sarah ...

Rabbi Menachem Perl, head of the Tzomet Institute, says it is halachically possible, as long as there is no direct activation on Shabbat, strict conditions are observed and all preparations are made ...

The legislation, backed by left-wing lawmaker Gilad Kariv, sought to end a decades-old ban, but faced strong opposition from ...

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Before New Year’s Day, 2000, the New York Times created a mock front page for New Year’s Day, 2100. They concocted all kinds of news stories for the front page, and since New Year’s will fall on ...

Three recently freed Hamas hostages shared how Shabbat observance in Gaza tunnels gave them strength and hope during ...