Q Why is it Jews don't kneel to pray? I'm Jewish myself, and sometimes I feel the need to pray in this position, but I feel awkward, as I was taught not to do this. -- L., via email A The Hebrew Bible ...

Thirteen years ago, on the morning of Rosh Chodesh Adar, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein was detained at the Kotel after joining a ...

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — When Daniel Grand invited a dozen friends to his home for a Jewish prayer meeting five years ago, ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...

Columnist Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin discusses a piece of legislation that would criminalize any egalitarian prayer at the ...

How should we approach prayer for an end-stage dying patient, for whom medical professionals predict no chance of recovery?

Since Oct. 7, 2023 my early morning routine has looked like this: reciting Modei Ani, the traditional prayer Jews say when they first wake up, and then hopping on my cell phone to scan what I had ...

Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their first Shabbat services since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting an ongoing war. Rabbis led prayers of peace and ...

What is the modern-day lure of a holiday centralized on a prayer for rain? Both obvious and extremely non-obvious thoughts entered my mind as I was driving home recently on I-76 in the latest ...

It’s 6:45 a.m. and the carpeted study room of the Kemp Mill Synagogue in suburban Washington is already abuzz with the clicking of tefillin and the murmur of worship. Twenty men and women stand as the ...

An eclectic mix of Jews and Christians visited the Temple Mount on Wednesday afternoon to sing and pray in remembrance of American conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week.