To begin with, it is not even clear what the scenario is that would cause one to carry his shofar, or a lulav, or a megillah ...

Israel and the militant group Hamas agreed to the first phase of a deal involving an exchange of Israeli hostages in Gaza and ...

The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High ...

Years ago, on a Temple Akiba Israel trip, I purchased a funky shofar from a vendor in the mystical town of Tzvat. To this day, I believe that it must have come from a unicorn—it certainly doesn’t ...

It's been two years since thousands of Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel after a surprise barrage of rockets.

In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman talk about the tremendous spiritual power and potential of this holy time, and why it is called by Torah the 'day of Shofar ...

And one of the outcomes of the attack is that one can no longer be a Jew on the sidelines. Someone will identify you as a Jew ...

And yet, beyond the despair and the disbelief, there is Resilience — the deep, unshakable resilience that has carried Am Yisrael through centuries of exile, persecution, and distortion, and still ...

Ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United Nations and in honor of the upcoming New Year, a ceremony was held this morning at the Prime Minister’s Office.

Yesterday Donald Trump outlined a vision for “eternal peace” in Gaza, having summoned Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime ...

The current government of Israel – and the Jews of Israel who support it as well as Jews everywhere – need to not only hear ...

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a sacred day for Jews, marked by fasting and prayer. It lasts 25 hours, starting at ...