Judaism is among the world’s oldest religions, emerging in the Middle East more than 4,000 years ago. Like most world religions, it is not frozen in form but is constantly affected by the times in which its followers live.
Today, Jews in America and elsewhere are redefining what it means to be Jewish and the ways [...]
With environmental consciousness growing in religious and spiritual groups, it’s only natural that Passover, a spring holiday that begins this year at sunset on April 19, should go green. And this year, Earth Day, a day designed to raise awareness about the Earth and conservation, falls on April 22, during the Passover celebration. Contemporary environmental [...]
Judaism’s High Holy Days are a 10-day period of prayer and atonement that starts this year at sundown on Sept. 12 with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and ends at sundown on Sept. 22, the close of Yom Kippur. Throughout this observance, Jews across the denominational spectrum, including many who are nonobservant, will attend [...]
The Jewish High Holy Days are a time of heightened spirituality. Rosh Hashana, the new year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, are preceded by Elul, a month of reflection. (This year, Rosh Hashana begins at sundown Sept. 22 and Yom Kippur begins at sundown Oct. 1. Elul began in late August.)
Spirituality has moved [...]
The premiere of The Passion of the Christ on Feb. 25, 2004 – Ash Wednesday – was accompanied by both dire warnings that the film would foment anti-Semitism and by sharp denunciations of those predictions as unfounded and even “anti-Christian.” The movie, financed and directed by actor Mel Gibson, a traditionalist Catholic, went on to [...]
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