Of all the 39 acts of work which are prohibited on Shabbat, why does The Torah single out the act of lighting fire? As we know, in the Jewish calendar, the night belongs to the next day. By burning th ...

Sarah Bunin Benor, a scholar who studies Jewish languages, expresses how Trump is using the word “Shalom” to intentionally ...

Spring is also allergy season. Time to stock up on the Zyrtec. For some reason, this always surprises me and feels terribly unjust. Why, oh why, just as things are getting so beautiful do I also have ...

The Romans named the seventh day Saturday, based on the Roman god Saturn. The word means “enough.” Saturn’s reign was ...

It’s a new magazine, a new size, and this issue features a stunning cover created by Annita Soble. Packed with original, thought provoking content, color, light and a melange of interesting, personal ...

The tenth and eleventh weekly Torah readings from Exodus, Vayakkel (35:1-38:20) and Pekekudei (38:21-40:38) deal with the construction of the Tabernacle during Moses’s time. Many readers think the ...

Eating with others can boost levels of happiness, according to a new global report that traces the number of times people ...

After 27 years serving the community, Nick Sammoudi is the subject of an online petition as customers ask for his ...

“Shabbat shalom, motherf—ers!” and then shoots up a neo-Nazi bar. Enter Donald Trump. Wielding the Jewish word meaning hello, goodbye and peace as a weapon, he has deployed it on social ...

The new Niv Nirel Center realizes the vision of Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv, who came from families on the opposite sides of the ...

The importance of sharing meals is recognised across cultures, from the Jewish Shabbat meal to the fast-breaking Iftar meals during Ramadan. The known ...