...עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל רַבָּנָן וְעַל תַּלְמִידֵיהוֹן וְעַל כָּל תַּלְמִידֵי תַלְמִידֵיהוֹן “Upon all Israel, upon all its teachers, and upon all their students, as [...]

In 2009, the Jewish Special Education International Consortium established February as Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion month. Over the past 13 years, JDAIM [...]

Tomorrow, Californians and Missourians will celebrate Rosa Parks Day, honoring the birthday of the civil rights icon—Feb. 4, 1913. A civil rights activist [...]

At 3 a.m. EST today, people began celebrating at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., hoping to eventually catch a glimpse of Punxsutawney Phil [...]

On this day, in 1949, the United States first celebrated National Freedom Day, the landmark creation of Richard R. Wright. Born into slavery [...]

משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה “When one enters Adar, one increases joy.” Tonight marks Rosh Hodesh, the beginning of the Jewish lunar month of [...]

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” — Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, 1883. This week’s Torah portion, Parashat [...]

In Parashat Va-eria, Moses begins his sacred duties by bringing the Israelites news of their impending deliverance, but the Israelites cannot hear his [...]

This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Va-eira, moves the tale of our ancestors’ servitude in Egypt toward redemption, as Moses confronts Pharaoh and unleashes the [...]

Last week, Jews throughout the world once again began the Book of Exodus, returning to the beginning of our people’s story of oppression [...]