I have produced a recognizable body of scholarship on ancient Jewish and Christian prayers and hymns. During the formative period of biblical scholarship in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

Beginning at sundown on Friday, September 15, 2023, Jews around the world will begin to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which ends at sundown on Sunday, September 17, 2023. Rosh Hashanah ...

I have a new prayer to say after my husband recites Havdalah on Saturday nights. It’s called “A Mother’s Havdalah,” by Jessica Levine Kupferberg, originally from La Jolla, California, and is one of ...

England’s chief rabbi composed a prayer for a “complete and swift recovery” for King Charles III following the king’s cancer diagnosis. Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis posted the text of the prayer in ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...

NEW YORK -- Worshipers at Reform synagogues across the country are beginning to hold a new prayer book, or siddur. Along with a dramatically new design, worshipers will find the words of Pete Seeger, ...