For the first time ever, Mixed Martial Arts, the full-contact sport that consists of people beating the hell out of each other, just held their World Championship in Israel. To mark his win, MMA ...

In the days since a Passover arson attack forced his family’s evacuation from the governor’s mansion, just hours after their first night Seder, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has been leaning on his ...

At the Western Wall, speakers wearing tags marked “167” for the number of days the hostages have been captive likened the plight of the hostages to the Jews of Persia in the Purim tale. Tens of ...

Senator Chuck Schumer, the most senior Jewish elected official in US history, recited the Shema prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast. The New York Democrat added a reading from Leviticus that ...

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 ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (R) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (L) at the 70th National Prayer BreakfastSaul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Chuck Schumer, the most senior Jewish elected official in US history, ...

Thousands of people from around the world joined in with worshippers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in prayers for the soldiers and hostages in what organizers hoped would be the largest recitation ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — US Senator Chuck Schumer, the most senior Jewish elected official in American history, recited the Shema prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. The New York Democrat ...

(JTA) Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday, March 21 that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than ...