(JTA) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken quoted from a Jewish prayer on arrival in Tel Aviv for a state visit on Monday, days after a deadly terror attack outside ...

While prayer and meditation seem similar, they are different. Prayer involves praying to a higher being. Meditation is more ...

I have produced a recognizable body of scholarship on ancient Jewish and Christian prayers and hymns. During the formative period of biblical scholarship in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth ...

A senior leader in Boston’s Jewish community, which is one of the nation’s largest, has praised the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying he hopes the first pope from the United States will “bridge divides ...

Beginning at sundown on Friday, September 15, 2023, Jews around the world will begin to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which ends at sundown on Sunday, September 17, 2023. Rosh Hashanah ...

He quoted from “Ma Tovu” at the start of a quick visit meant to help quell a month of violence that has peaked in recent days. Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and ...