Rabbi Louis Jacobs (1920–2006) was the greatest British Jew who ever lived, according to a 2005 survey by The Jewish Chronicle. This was a surprise to me, since I never even heard of him until I was ...
During the Thanksgiving holiday, I visited the Simon Family Jewish Community Center of Tidewater (the JCC), a place I had visited before, but never truly experienced as it was meant to be lived. My ...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Like many religious Israeli Jews, Rabbi Reb Mimi Feigelson has been wrestling with her presumptions about God and suffering since Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian terrorists ...
DURING THE RECENT Jewish holy day of Shavuot, we reflected on the story of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. It is said that other nations were offered the Torah, but only the Israelites chose ...
Moshe Pesach Geller, a Bronx-born teacher who spread the gospel of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia with nearly equal fervor, died in Israel on Feb. 12. This ...
(RNS) — For nearly two decades, Larry Hertz, a 64-year-old professional, had found healing and spiritual enrichment through underground ceremonies where he and others took psychedelics. But there was ...