The bar is doling out drinks as fast as it can manage. A man at the front recites Kaddish while the mixed-gender congregation slouches, sipping beer, eating snacks, talking on cell phones. It sounds ...

What happens when two Jewish musicians shaped by different life experiences come together to create a 21st-century take on Kabbalat Shabbat? The result is “Raza,” a recording released digitally in ...

"I would give everything to see my Matan beside me tonight,” Zangauker said. Hamas captivity survivors and families of hostages held a Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday evening outside the home of Defense ...

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Robinson’s Arch, the only area of the Western Wall that is government-approved for prayer without a mechitzah, will take center stage Friday evening (May 10) when it serves as the site for what is ...

In a move that apparently would make history for an Orthodox synagogue in the United States, the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is scheduled Friday night to have a woman lead a Kabbalat Shabbat service ...

Singing of Hatikvah at Hostages SquareThe Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters Hundreds gathered on Friday afternoon at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, for the final Kabbalat Shabbat Service ...

Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry on Friday held a virtual pre-Shabbat (Sabbath) prayer session together with the United Arab Emirates' Jewish community. The session was attended by Diaspora Affairs ...

Religious services across the nation have been canceled due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. On this Friday, here's a virtual message for Kabbalat Shabbat, the welcoming of the Jewish Sabbath, ...