I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

NORTHAMPTON — As the number of antisemitic incidents began to pile up for some Jewish students at Northampton High School last school year — the complaints were far-ranging, from using “Zionist” and ...

(JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than 130 ...

Journalist Dvir Amar on Monday night posted a video showing an Israeli soldier reciting the Shema Israel verse before blowing up a mosque that was used by Hamas for terrorist purposes. The soldier, ...

Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

1,500 Jewish teens are stranded in New York after the winter storm punctuated an international teen summit sponsored by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Before the historic blizzard began, three former ...

When examining various English translations of the Torah, I notice that about half translate shema from Shema Yisrael as “Hear, Israel” and the other half as “Listen, Israel.” Does this choice reflect ...