Thursday is not technically Shabbat, but on the evening of Nov. 10, more than 100 millennials and members of Gen Z packed into a loft in SoHo to observe it anyway. The Jewish sabbath begins at ...

The first time Sam Simon saw a screen used to project prayers during Sabbath services, “it took my breath away.” And not in the good sense. “It feels intrusive, disruptive on Shabbat,” the ...

In some ways, how Tiffany Shlain and her family observe Shabbat doesn’t look that different from how many Jewish families do. Shlain, who identifies as a cultural Jew, gathers friends and family ...

Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein, the chief rabbi of South Africa, and his wife, Gina, started The Shabbat Project, a global movement to encourage Jews of all levels of faith to observe Shabbat, in 2013 ...

Miriam E. Goldberger ’28, a Crimson Editorial Editor, lives in Thayer Hall. I don’t work on Saturdays. Ever. As an Orthodox Jew, I observe Shabbat, a religious practice that mandates rest on ...

As a traditionally observant Jew, I observe Shabbat, the sabbath, from dusk on Friday to nightfall on Saturday each week. My Freshman Assembly conflicted with Shabbat morning prayers. Shabbat for many ...

When the couple visited the website to select the soldier to observe Shabbat for, “we both felt so drawn to Baruch,” said David. “We liked that he has a wife and little kids at home and we ...

(RNS) — Tiffany Shlain talked to Religion News Service about how she and her family began observing a Tech Shabbat, how it’s changed them and why others might consider the practice.

We can now also expound the words of the Midrash - ‘if you merit to observe the Shabbat, Hakadosh- Baruch-Hu is destined to give you the three festivals’ - as the ability of Bnei Israel to ...

Although the group has organized four similar Shabbat retreats since Oct. 7, this was the first where attendees were asked to observe Shabbat according to traditional Jewish law — a request made ...

Although the group has organized four similar Shabbat retreats since Oct. 7, this was the first where attendees were asked to observe Shabbat according to traditional Jewish law — a request made ...