In other words: “Leave me alone. I’ve got mine, and you’ve got yours, and that is all that really matters. Let us retreat ...

Raven had a vision that Gabriel would ask her to be his girlfriend, so she began to drop hints so he would as her to the dance, ignoring advances by Ben Sturky. Eventually, Raven gave up and decided ...

Chelsea likes a boy named Sam (Mike Erwin), but soon discovers that her relationship won't be as easy as it seems...the boy has the same name as her dog.

Luke Tress is a JTA reporter and a former editor and reporter in New York for The Times of Israel. New York Jewish Week via JTA — When more than a dozen Jewish groups convened last year in ...

On the Jewish calendar, the horrific attack of Oct. 7 occurred with the 22nd day of Tishrei, which is Simchat Torah, “the rejoicing of the Torah,” the festival upon which the annual Torah ...

The Torah ends with sadness. Moses, the Torah’s author, dies, and its final sentences are written with tears. Moses liberated the Jewish people from slavery and led them to the edge of the ...

JTA — For many Jews across the United States and the globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in ...

When more than a dozen Jewish groups convened last year in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza for an annual celebration of Simchat Torah, tensions that would define the coming year were already emerging.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza pray outside the prime minister’s house ...

Simchat Torah is a day associated with memories and the day we have been dreading since last year, when rumors started to emerge from the butchery that was happening in the south, on one of the ...

Jews in New Jersey normally greet Simchat Torah, which begins at sunset on Thursday, with joy. It's traditionally a holiday of dance, song and feasts. Simchat Torah, which means "rejoicing of the ...

This coming Simchat Torah marks the first one-year anniversary (on the Hebrew calendar) of the worst bloody massacre of Jews since the dark days of the Holocaust. It is so difficult to fathom ...