American Jews prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays after the release of 20 Israeli hostages.

American Jewry is reeling following the sudden death of Rabbi Moshe Hauer, the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union ...

Sukkot, the Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, has begun. It began at sundown Monday, Oct.

(JNS) A hush fell on the packed outdoor amphitheater on May 12th at Yad L’Shiryon—the Israeli Army Armored Corp Museum—on the outskirts of Jerusalem for a ceremony at the start of the country’s most ...

History can be harsh to many, with even the greatest people in our past being nearly forgotten. Even so, it is often surprising how fast and abrupt the memory of some people can be forgotten – outside ...

Pope Francis on Thursday met with the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, with the leader imploring the Holy Father to use his “moral authority” to address ...

Now that twenty hostages have been returned to Israel, for the first time in two long years Israelis and Jews everywhere can begin to imagine an end to this nightmare, for Israelis and for ...

Many Jewish and Palestinian community members in Colorado are watching the ceasefire in Gaza with a mix of relief, grief, and cautious hope.

The haftarah for Yom Kippur begins with these action-filled words of Isaiah. We must act – we must cut the road through – it is up to us to clear the way for ami – My people – God’s people.

On the eve of World War II, in 1939, there were 16.6 million Jews in the world, of whom only about 450 thousand, or 3%, lived in Palestine/Eretz Israel. Ten years or so later, in 1948, the world’s ...

Pope Francis on Thursday met with the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, with the leader imploring the Holy Father to use his “moral authority” to address ...