Gifts are exchanged and games of dreidel are played, to commemorate how Jewish children deceived the Greeks ... It also celebrates the first fruits and wheat of the harvest. Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tamuz ...

While gifts of food are welcome at the shiva, try to wait until then to send anything. (More on that below.) One universal element at all Jewish funerals is the recitation of the Kaddish prayer ...

As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they ...

and Shiva Baby reflect a new, unencumbered attitude toward Jewish representation. Being Jewish in contemporary society means ...

Shiva: Poems After Oct. 7' by Rachel Korazim, serves as a response to Theodor Adorno's remarks about poetry after the ...

Rabbi Michael Beals, who was installed as rabbi of Temple Beth El, said he hopes to play a key role in documenting Biden’s ...

A charitable gift annuity is a contract between you and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. You transfer property to Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. In exchange we pay you fixed ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› by Signe Brewster and Joshua Lyon Our kid testers, and their parents, loved ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. Last Tuesday, I was supposed to have launched my first book, Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the ...

Washington, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump criticized Jewish Americans who don't vote for him in speeches aimed at addressing antisemitism Thursday night in Washington D.C., while claiming ...

What makes a film Jewish? The question lacks a definitive ... sound of the blowing of the shofar in the final scene. In Shiva Baby (2020), an exceptional (and exceptionally) anxious comedy ...