El, built in 1907, remains a cornerstone of Staten Island's Jewish community with its distinctive gold dome and neo-classic ...

G-D’s response is to send fiery snakes that bite the people and, alas, give them just cause to cry out. When Moses prays on ...

The congregation wanted a 9,300-square-foot addition to its current house of worship, but county commissioners agreed with ...

The NYC Dyke March, an annual protest march rooted in lesbian visibility and geared towards all self-identified dykes, has ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

Cantor of synagogue that is the lead organizer of Simchat Torah Across Brooklyn hopes to include Jews from across religious and political spectrum by ‘putting Torah at the center’ By Luke Tress ...

North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park, Ill., set a challenge of getting more laypeople to chant Torah. During the Jewish year that just concluded, 210 people stepped up.

Thursday morning, the congregation will hold a Yizkor memorial prayer for the departed, and one of its Torahs will wear a new commemorative cover, acquired as part of the global Simchat Torah Project.

Thursday morning, the congregation will hold a Yizkor memorial prayer for the departed, and one of its Torahs will wear a new commemorative cover, acquired as part of the global Simchat Torah Project.