When we were kids growing up in a suburb of Boston, my brother Richie and I looked forward to competing with each other on an unusual level. It was with the song our father sang at our yom tov meals, ...

One of the most unusual demonstrations ever witnessed in the Soviet Union occurred Monday night, when a vast crowed of Jews–including at least 15, 000 young boys and girls–gathered in a square in ...

People are drinking, singing and dancing. It’s loud and crowded. No, you’re not at a bar — or even a bar mitzvah. It’s Simchat Torah. The holiday celebrates the culmination of the year’s Torah ...

(JTA) — For many Jews across the United States and globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in synagogue, ...

"This Simchat Torah, we will dance again." That refrain was echoed coast-to-coast by American Jews on Monday, Oct. 13, as they prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays following ...