The first time I heard “Avinu Malkeinu,” I was at the top of Arthur’s Seat, a dead volcano in the center of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The climb to the top and back is 2 miles. It was earlier ...

“A prayer offered without intent (Kavanah), is like a body without a soul.” When the rabbis taught us that lesson, they were encouraging us that when we recite our personal and public prayers, rather ...

Bibi, 6, has always loved to sing, his mother told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. (Courtesy of Nina Shapiro) (JTA) — Nina Shapiro didn’t intend for the video of her son’s singing to go viral. The ...

There is a trick question that teachers have been using on their classes for many, many years. When studying the Avinu Malkeinu prayer, the teacher (myself included) would ask, 'How many Avinu ...

(JTA) — Nina Shapiro didn’t intend for the video of her son’s singing to go viral. The Perth, Australia, mother of two describes herself as “paranoid about my kids being on social media.” But after ...

“People seem to want to help” said a friend with family in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina some years ago, “but they aren’t asking what desperate families from the region really need. In ...

Bibi Shapiro collaborated with South African singer Choni Goldman, whom he met because of his earlier video, on “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah.” (JTA) — Last year, when he was 6, Bibi Shapiro broke the Jewish ...

(JTA) The first time 6-year-old Bibi Shapiro found out just how widely viewed the video of him singing “Avinu Malkeinu” had been, he was sitting on his mother’s lap in Australia being beamed into Yom ...

JTA — The first time 6-year-old Bibi Shapiro found out just how widely viewed the video of him singing “Avinu Malkeinu” had been, he was sitting on his mother’s lap in Australia being beamed into Yom ...

Last year, when he was 6, Bibi Shapiro broke the Jewish internet with his impassioned performance of “Avinu Malkeinu,” the plaintive poem that is recited on Yom Kippur. This year, the Australia ...