Congregation B'nai Israel in Basking Ridge closed in December 2024 due to declining membership and changing demographics.

Almost no one had any idea who I was. And my dad, nearly five decades gone, was, in the words of the High Holiday prayer, “a passing shadow, a vanishing cloud, a blowing wind, a fleeting dream.” ...

A Prayer for Peace was held in Sofia Central Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital city on October 15, to honour the memory of the innocent victims of the unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel that ...

Updated: Sep 15, 2023 / 12:37 PM EDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — At sundown on Friday, members of the Jewish community will be ringing in the new year as the high holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins.

A poet and sometime bus driver, Lew was 38 when he enrolled at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the training ground for Conservative rabbis. In 2000, he founded Makor Or, a Jewish meditation center ...

Streams of congregants, unbelievable as it sounds today, flocked to shul on Shabbatot simply to hear the sermons of Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt”l. They remain exceedingly popular, including talks he ...

Going to synagogue, even just once or twice a year, can feel like a burden. The lengthy services, prayers in unfamiliar languages and sermons about unfamiliar topics don’t resonate with them.

It’s also a hurdle for many people, regular and occasional synagogue-goers alike. Some can’t relate to a “king,” or bristle at the gendered implications of “father.” Whatever they hoped to feel or ...

The holiday is celebrated by giving monetary gifts to the poor; reading the book of Esther, which tells the Purim story; dressing in costume and sending gifts of food.

The holiday, which begins at sundown Tuesday and ends Wednesday night, is the climax of a 10-day period of repentance that began with Rosh Hashana on Sept. 25. Jews observe Yom Kippur with prayer ...

The holiday, which begins at sundown Tuesday and ends Wednesday night, is the climax of a 10-day period of repentance that began with Rosh Hashana on Sept. 25. Jews observe Yom Kippur with prayer ...

Now, as we “come back” as a community to celebrate these High Holidays and to be close to each other, both physically and spiritually, we will reflect together on what it means to be close. Close to ...