(JNS) When Sasha Litnaitzky-Drutz and David Drutz of Toronto held their first soup-to-nuts Shabbat on Dec. 22, the guest of honor was 6,000 miles away. Now in their second year of marriage, the couple ...

The late conservative activist pens a love letter to the Jewish Sabbath, and invites the world to reclaim its humanity.

“The Holy One Blessed be He said to Moses: I have a good gift in my treasure house and Shabbat is its name, and I seek to give it to Israel.” (Shabbat 10b) To keep Shabbat is to enter another ...

Reflections: Discover how reclaiming this forgotten commandment can bring rest, joy and well-being to your life.

Miriam E. Goldberger ’28, a Crimson Editorial Editor, lives in Thayer Hall. I don’t work on Saturdays. Ever. As an Orthodox Jew, I observe Shabbat, a religious practice that mandates rest on the ...

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One of the most foundational, but increasingly forgotten, principles in Scripture is God’s command to honor the Sabbath: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy…” (Exodus 20:8). While Christians ...

On September 23 the Contemporary Jewish Museum will launch "Shabbat at the Jewseum," a new quarterly program that lets attendees immerse themselves in Jewish ideas of rest and rejuvenation while ...

A rabbi makes his sons special hot chocolate topped with candy depictions of Torah stories. A woman walks to meet friends at a film screening or a bluegrass concert, buying tickets in advance to avoid ...

Israel supporters across the U.S and world will open their homes and synagogues on April 24 to host Shabbat dinners in ...

We knew that this past Shabbat was not going to be an ordinary day of rest, but we didn’t know how harrowing it would be. I got my first request to host guests for Shabbat lunch, even as the fires had ...