I believe most assuredly that Muslims, Christians and Jews are worshiping the same God: the God of Abraham. As an extension of culture, religion encompasses traditions and customs. These differences ...

Standard Jewish prayers for the government, writes a scholar of Judaism and technology, omit the essential players in any democracy: the people. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the ...

The power of prayer is not to be underestimated. And if you think it is about asking God for something, read on ...

There is a curious passage in Parshat Bha’alotecha — two verses enclosed by upside-down nuns. These verses are well-known to those of us who attend Shabbat morning services, as they are woven into the ...

In the many occasions we witness or experience with congregants, rabbis are asked, “Rabbi, what is the right prayer to say?” And while often, there is a blessing or psalm that matches the simcha or ...

(RNS) — Some of my favorite malapropisms have happened in synagogues during worship. For example, there was the bar mitzvah kid several years ago who stood up to give his speech, thanking everyone ...

After her daughter was killed in a drive-by shooting earlier this year and her son began using drugs to cope with the pain, one mother was overwhelmed. Unsure what to do or how to help, she posted ...

The text of a message sent by the Moscow Jewish religious community to stalin informing him that the Jews in Russia are offering prayers for his health and for Russian victory “with the Torah in our ...

A scribe created the volume, now known as the Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, in Vienna 600 years ago. It was recently returned to the heirs of its 20th-century owners, who decided to sell the text at a Sot ...