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Everything you need to know about Judaism and being Jewish: the weekly Torah portion, Jewish holidays, Jewish rituals and more.

 The Codex Sassoon, the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered which is estimated to sell for between $30 million and $50 million, is displayed at Sotheby's in New York City, New York US, February 15, 2023.

Fateful flight and wings of retribution: Was it an accident or a strategic move?

 Israel's chief rabbis seen as a playing card in this AI-made illustration

Two rabbis too many? A look at Israel's confusing chief rabbi system

 Nuseir Yassin with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen on the roof of the Dan Family Aish World Center.

Israeli-Palestinian content creator Nas Daily creates video in Jerusalem about Judaism

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

SHULI RAND in Jerusalem’s Music Museum.

'Why are your mercies a fist?': A look at Breslov hassidim's music scene

By LEVI COOPER
 BIRKAT KOHANIM at the Kotel on Succot, Oct. 2, 2023.

Parsha Emor: Being worthy of one’s role

 Star of David and yizkor candle.

When Jewish holidays can seem like too much, and meaning-making too soon

By RABBI SHIRA KOCH EPSTEIN/JTA
 Protest against Israeli participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo

Antisemitic protests and Jewish passivity: Lessons from our Parsha

By Mark Fish
Israelis cheer during the annual Bible Quiz on Israel's Independence Day. April 16, 2013

Independence Day Bible Quiz: Bringing Jews worldwide together

People stand still in Tel Aviv, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2024

Searching for beacons of altruism amid the darkness of the Holocaust

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
People stand still in Tel Aviv, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2024

We must contemplate our mutual responsibility for all facets of Israeli society

By SHAI FINKELSTEIN
 A demonstrator carries an Israeli flag as he walks through fields to avoid a check-point and reach a protest against the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel an

Zionism isn't inconsistent with the Torah: Rather, they go hand-in-hand

 MOTORISTS STAND at attention, in Tel Aviv, as sirens sound across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, last Monday.

The new heart of the Jewish calendar: Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day

 performing in Daglanut for Israel independence Day.

After undergoing Orthodox conversion, Noa Arazi is helping others do the same

 PLAYING BACKGAMMON in downtown Jerusalem.

Parashat Kedoshim: A society that worships wisdom and understanding is a holy one

 ‘SHABBAT TABLE Crowns.’

Parashat Kedoshim: Understanding the light of Shabbat

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON
 A collective of groups organised by Jewish students at Columbia and Barnard in solidarity with Gaza and the protest encampment host Passover Seder at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Passover is Zionist - comment

University protests: Empowering truth above popularity

By Mark Fish
 An illustrative image of a baby being offered to the Molech.

Parashat Aharei Mot: Holiness of the family

 German troops entering Warsaw after surrender of city in 1939.

Postcards looted from Jews by German soldier returned by granddaughter 80 years later

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
 The Jewish lion, uploaded on 30/4/2024

Disney's Lion King: Is Mufasa Jewish? Parallels between Mufasa and Jewish scripture suggest he is

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