Before turning my attention to our Jewish festival of Passover, which will begin this year at sunset on Wednesday, April 1, I ...
The founding rabbi of L.A.’s Ikar congregation will discuss healing, community and “The Amen Effect” at an April 23 event in ...
I remember, during the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, seeing teenagers and old men being given green keys to Paradise and marched off to be cannon fodder for the Iraqi guns. When they were killed (or ...
A descendant of Abu Sufyan will emerge before Imam Mahdi from the depths of Damascus (or Iran). The Ahadith regarding the Sufyani specify that he is a tyrant who will spread corruption and mischief on ...
When we look at Iran through the prism of religion and see a Shia Islamic country, we negate its thousands of years of rich ...
An imam is expected to preach fluently without notes, because this is thought to carry more authority. Scripture, poetry, stories of the saints — all must be flawless every time. This exposure seems ...
A Torah scroll removed from Temple Israel outside Detroit – where a driver rammed an explosives-laden truck and opened fire – was lifted up at Friday’s Shabbat service across the street in a makeshift ...
Self–Realization Fellowship presents “The Divine Art of Music” on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at New York’s Carnegie Hall, celebrating 100 years since Paramahansa Yogananda — author of Autobiography of ...
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hosted their first annual Academy Awards on May 16, 1929 — a short, 15-minute ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with tickets that cost the ...
Music, friendship and a shared sense of purpose come together this month when the Senior Community Choir of Soul Sounds Academy is featured in “One Heart, One Voice,” a special choral concert ...
Drawing on his experience as an Auschwitz survivor, Yehuda Elkana warns that the political use of Holocaust memory can entrench fear, victimhood, and nationalism, raising difficult questions about ...
For many U.S. Jews, following current events these days can be emotionally tumultuous. Simultaneously, there is widely shared ...