"Rabbis remind us that we Jews know our capacity — for courage, for purpose, for action," writes a rabbi who trains and ...

Rabbi David Benchlouch is a special contributor to MyNorthwest. He is the head rabbi of Congregation Ezra BessAroth, a ...

Many local congregations have chesed committees. Most also have social action committees. Broadly speaking, chesed committees focus inward to meet needs within the congregation and social action ...

Interfaith collaboration and spiritual education are key to uniting these faiths in their collective effort to confront ...

As the murdered Bibas children and their mother are laid to rest, with dozens more Israeli hostages alive and dead still ...

Moscow, the capital of Russia, experienced three beautiful days hosting a special visit of Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber Shlita, ...

Last week, unbearable news came out of Israel, as the bodies of four hostages came home, including Shiri Bibas and her two ...

What of the journalists who write not about Kfir, not about Ariel, not about their mother, not about the hostages who sit in terror, but only about how the next dead, injured, or kidnapped Israeli eff ...

The title of Elliott Abrams’ book — “If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century” — comes from Herzl’s ...

An Israeli security official says Hamas has handed to the Red Cross the bodies of four Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza. KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas handed over four dead hostages to ...

SALFIT, West Bank (AP) -- Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli ... his head disapprovingly -- or worse, ...

Salfit, West Bank — Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly — or worse, mutter “shame ...