Growing up in Jerusalem, Yuval Cohen always loved to dance. He started at age six with the Mehola Dance Company, focusing on ...

On the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza, scholars from Brandeis and Bar-Ilan universities will come together to examine how international law addresses sexual ...

Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Jake Curhan didn’t play organized football sooner, partially because of the memorable summers he experienced at Camp Young Judea in Amherst, New Hampshire. Curhan, a ...

Robert Kraft is transforming Jewish life at Brandeis University with a $10 million gift that names a new center that will help prepare the next generation of Jewish leaders. The gift to create the ...

A group of shofar blowers join Rabbi Jenn Mangold, second from left, and a large crowd of congregants for Temple Emanu-El of Marblehead’s Tashlich ceremony at Preston Beach in Swampscott on Rosh ...

J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East advocacy group, announced that it will spend $3 million to defeat a handful of ...

It is a playful and brilliant Jewish tradition to discover the meaning of a new year hidden within its Hebrew letters. This ...

If you wanted to understand how to observe Rosh Hashanah, or what the holiday means to the Jewish community, the Torah doesn’t provide much useful information. There is a description of a holiday that ...

From left: Rick Silva at Congregation Shirat Hayam; Jessica and Sam Sharon at their wedding; and Kit Stubbs at the Lehrhaus./COURTESY PHOTOS LAST WEEK, Swampscott’s Rick Silva turned 59; this week, ...

Michael Eggert served as camp photographer this summer at the West End House Camp in Maine./COURTESY PHOTO For the last 40-plus years, Michael Eggert has spent much of his life in the fast lane as a ...

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we are called to rise from our slumber and open our eyes to the new year’s potential. Even with the shofar’s powerful blast, many of us are tempted to hit snooze and go ...