(JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than 130 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer, the most senior Jewish elected official in U.S. history, recited the Shema prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. The New York Democrat added a reading ...

Segev Kalfon, a recently released hostage, told Arutz Sheva - Israel National News in an exclusive interview that he intends to publicly shout the Jewish prayer “Shema Yisrael" at the Cahabad CTEEN ...

Shema Yisrael, or the Shema, is the central affirmation of Judaism. The prayer expresses belief in the singularity of God, that is, in God's oneness and incomparability. Though this opening verse is ...

This event was part of the Chabad-Lubavitch CTeen International Summit, an annual conference for Jewish teens from around the world. Former Israeli hostages Matan Zangauker, Ilana Gritzewsky, and ...