Guests gathered at the Sid Jacobson JCC on May 15 for an intercultural Shabbat dinner that brought together members of the ...

The elevation of Shabbat in America 250 prompts reflection on whether modern Jewish identity can survive without its ...

The Tel Aviv dinner in 2014 lacked live music, public transportation and lasagna, an organizer recalls. We bootstrapped everything. Zeev Isaac, owner of Hangar 11, Israel’s largest venue, gave us his ...

Trump became the first US president to formally encourage Americans to observe Shabbat as part of celebrations marking the ...

Several thousand people will braid Challah bread in five locations around San Diego County on Thursday as part of an international movement to celebrate a traditional Jewish day of rest. The event, ...

Hold the Manishevitz. This is not your bubbe’s Shabbat. Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are eschewing the traditional Friday night Jewish dinners for buzzy Shabbat-themed parties at trendy bars and ...

The Education Ministry has succumbed to pressure from the anti-religious Secular Forum and will institute drastic changes to a traditional kindergarten activity welcoming the Shabbat. For more than 50 ...

Last Friday, I had the privilege and honor of experiencing for the first time a traditional Shabbat dinner. The invitation was extended by His Excellency Ilan Fluss, ambassador of Israel to the ...

As a journalist for The Atlantic, Yair Rosenberg is known for his writing about politics, culture, and religion. He’s written for Tablet; his newsletter Deep Shtetl has a significant following; and of ...

Some are embracing the boost for Judaism's central practice. Others say it's an avatar of Christian nationalism.

The Pegasus Ballroom was transformed into an elegant, intimate place where hundreds of students, faculty and staff members came together to celebrate Shabbat 1000 on Friday, April 1. For its fourth ...