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“I hope that tonight’s program also affirms the strength and resilience of the human spirit and our ability to begin anew at any stage of our lives.”–Rabbi Dana Saroken
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The Steinsaltz Humash includes a mix of translation and commentary, as well as illustrations, drawings, maps and photos. (Ben Sales)
In 2009, Koren Publishers Jerusalem, an Israeli label, published a competing Hebrew-English prayer book with commentary by Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom. Now another prayer book has entered the fray.
Read MoreChavruta is a method used by Talmud scholars in which pairs of students debate and ask one another questions based on ancient rabbinic texts.
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The olive trees outside of Amsterdam’s Portuguese synagogue get wrapped up every year. They are shown here in February 2018. (Hans Kaljee)
Some tourists witnessing the spectacle hypothesize that it’s an art project raising awareness to plastic pollution.
Read MoreMay this month of Shevat be an invitation to notice the quiet places, the still-growing places, that we may nurture them to bloom brightly.
Read MoreBeth Am is a nearly 500-household, mostly white, largely Ashkenazi Jewish congregation in an historically Jewish and, for many decades, mostly Black neighborhood.
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Rabbi David Ingber conducts a class in March 2016 at Romemu, the Jewish Renewal congregation in New York that is opening a yeshiva next year. (Scott Osman)
Most Jewish religious schools begin the day with a traditional morning prayer. After that, students spend much of their time studying Talmud, the central text of Jewish law.
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The Rev. Chris Tang, left, rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter, and Rabbi Geoff Basik, of Kol HaLev, embrace during a joint Sukkot celebration on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
The relationship between Kol HaLev and Church of the Holy Comforter exceeds that of landlord and renter.
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The bow of Johan Huibers' Noah's Ark is seen in Krimpen aan de Ijssel, the Netherlands. (Wikimedia Commons)
Dwarfing even some modern-day cruise ships, the ark instantly became an international tourist attraction when it was completed in 2012 after four years of construction.
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At Temple Oheb Shalom, the Dain family celebrated the b’nai mitzvah of their three recently adopted children. Shown here (left to right) are Andrew, Gregory, Raquel,Renée, Eli, Hannah and Giselle. (Photo courtesy of Jason Putsche Photography)
For the Dain family of Ellicott City, adopting a trio of young family members was simply a re-commitment of family and Jewish values.
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Despite its humble appearance, The Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum's Nieuwenhuys menorah costs more than many of the city's houses. (Courtesy of the the Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum)
The Nieuwenhuys menorah — its creator was the non-Jewish silversmith Harmanus Nieuwenhuys — doesn’t stand out from the other menorahs on display next to it at the museum.
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