Rabbi Halevy explains why this is no longer enforced, ruling that it’s 100% permitted to listen to music. He encourages doing so as a means of relaxation.

With summer entering its final few weeks, the Garden City Jewish Center’s Religious School begins its Sundays-only program on September 7 th!

The Torah (Vayikra 19:18) states “V’ahavta l’re’acha kamocha – one is to love his fellow as yourself.” In the Talmud (Shabbos 31a) Hillel proclaims this as a fundamental rule of the Torah.

The dedication of a new Torah in a small city is always a special cause for celebration and festivity because it happens so infrequently. On Sunday, July 7, in Hudson Hall at the Hudson Opera ...

Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary. Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel took place on the only Jewish holiday with ‘joy’ in its name ...

I wake up at 5 a.m., study Torah and Jewish theology, go to the synagogue and I still tour and play with different groups.” He had just completed his first year of studies and has four more to go.

The Torah is a sacred scroll that gives Jewish people guidance on how to maintain their faith in light of tragedy. "The Torah is over 3,000 years old and was written in the same process as it's ...