The almond seen by Jeremiah sends out an exceptionally poignant and sadly relevant message to us at this saddest time of the year.

Explore the poignant work of Noah Strauss, capturing the end-of-life journey of rabbinical student Emet Tauber and his circle ...

Before “Shiva Baby,” I had never watched a character on-screen to whom I was able to relate so much. Despite “Shiva Baby” being such a quintessential Jewish film, the actress that plays Danielle, ...

“Israel is not fighting for my son.” Those were the exasperated words of Merav Daniel, mother to hostage Oz Daniel, an IDF sergeant, whose body has been held by Hamas in Gaza for more than 640 days ...

Rabbi Avrohom Korf OBM, the longtime Head Shliach of Florida who passed away on Monday at the age of 92, was interred on ...

Rabbi Avrohom Korf, who escaped Communist Russia as a child and served as Head Shliach of Florida, making it the U.S. state ...

T OPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Rabbi Lawrence P. Karol, a beloved former rabbi who served more than two decades at Topeka’s Temple ...

Hamakom y’nachem – blessings of strength and comfort to all the family; devoted wife Sue, daughters Amy (David) and Lisa, son David (Jennifer), grandchildren Jonathan (Shannon), Miriam, Rowan and ...

It was the first week of the war. The second shiva house that I attended. It was held in a Jerusalem hotel, because the hero who had died defending people in the Gaza envelope was a lone soldier from ...

Comedian Daniel Lobell explains the importance of laughing on Purim, even if it's not so easy to laugh this year.

(Kveller via JTA) – When a Jewish person dies, the traditional way to grieve includes sitting shiva, a seven-day mourning period when visitors arrive to comfort and care for the bereaved. At the end ...