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When it came time to choose the text on which she would be sworn into the U.S. Senate, Elissa Slotkin turned to a relatively recent book that reflects her own identity as a Jewish woman. Slotkin, a ...

"Two years ago, Chol Hamoed Sukkos,I pulled out my phone and typed, “A powerful segulah for getting married is to buy a Chosson Torah on Simchas Torah.” I didn’t think much of it. But that post would ...

Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first mentioned ...

Among the many laws in this week’s Torah portion, we read: “You shall not curse Elohim nor put a curse on a ruler in your nation” (Exodus 22:27). The word Elohim could be understood as God or gods, ...

To a young Jessica Sacks growing up in England, the country’s towering chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, was more than just a distant religious figure — he was an uncle. “He was very busy, so we didn’t get ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — When ...