It’s an opportunity to engage new people,” says Ben Cook, director of marketing operations for Jewish National Fund-USA, and “to celebrate all things Israel.”The post Shabbat meets Yom Ha’atzmaut in ...

The survey found, more than anything else, that sermons across denominations tended to focus on politics and Israel — ...

The congregation will celebrate its last Shabbat service on April 25 and spend the weekend recalling its historic legacy.

Additionally, such speech does not greatly detract from the honor of Shabbat, as it is for the sake of a mitzvah. One who goes to the synagogue early is permitted to take a holiday machzor and ...

Krieger said he’s not interested in leading a mega-synagogue. He hopes to cap the Kabbalat Shabbat services at their current size — 300 people feels like the right number to be able to know ...

Ben-Gvir had been scheduled to address the congregation after sundown on Saturday. The synagogue did not immediately respond ...