Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting ...

In Israel, Sukkot often means sitting outside in the evening, which can be pleasant (mosquitoes aside). But lunchtime can ...

Matan loves Israeli music. Well, maybe we can connect over Od Yoter Tov … And yet, in an almost inexplicable way, Matan and I ...

More than 50,000 people participated Thursday in the historic Selichot gathering at the Western Wall, attended by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto. As has already become a tradition, prior to the Selichot ...

The celebration marks the end of an ancient plague and of the life of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, author of the Zohar, a mystical text of the Torah. The mystic asked that his passing be marked with joy.

When Rita Zohar stepped into the role of Bessie Stern, a Holocaust survivor whose death sets in motion Scarlett Johansson’s new film “Eleanor the Great,” she wasn’t simply acting. Zohar, 81, is a ...

Now we'd like to tell you about an important Jewish text that will finally be available in English. In May, publishers will release the final volume of the first authoritative English translation of ...

How does one celebrate their own good fortune at returning from exile, knowing that so many generations of our ancestors ...

As Irene Zohar wove through a crowd of more than 500, she stopped along the way to accept hugs from people she didn’t know, but considered family. “No matter where we are, we’ll always be united. And ...

Zohar expressed his full support for Donald Trump's hostage-ceasefire deal ahead of Israel's security cabinet vote. Culture ...

Judge Zohar Dibon-Segal sharply criticized Shin Bet representatives during a hearing on an extraordinary order the agency ...