Since 1988, every first Thursday in May has been designated as a National Day of Prayer, but our call to pray for America didn’t start in the twentieth century. Before the Declaration of Independence, ...
Almost immediately after the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, most Orthodox Jewish congregations began the practice of saying additional Tehillim (Psalms), usually chapters 121 and 130, after ...
In the face of tragedy, is there a place for thoughts and prayers? Last week, I published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about prayer. Normally, prayer is a fairly non-controversial subject, but ...
Each Passover, as Jewish families start the Seder meal, a child asks, “Why is this night different from all other nights?” ...