As Jews, we celebrate adulthood at age 12 or 13. And while that may have once felt like adulthood, in the modern world, tweens are not considered grown-ups. Instead, b’nai mitzvah mark the beginning ...

Four women were taken into custody by the police on August 19 (Rosh Hodesh Elul) for wearing a tallit (ritual fringes) at the Western Wall, making Israel the only country in the world where wearing a ...

Wearing a tallit, a prayer shawl on Kol Nidre is a confusing ritual. Jews know that we wear a tallit during the day. Why wear one on Kol Nidre, the holiest night of the Jewish calendar? The practical ...

Jordan Richard-Craven, Justin Field and Lauren Wallenstei meet at the National-and-Barrington bus-stop. Photo by Ryan Torok On Sunday afternoon, Lauren Wallenstein was walking past a bus stop at ...