For most Americans, Thanksgiving morning is often associated with watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and some football games, all the while preparing the festive meal. But for the members of ...

It is commonly believed that halakhically-based women’s prayer groups originated in contemporary circles of the progressive wing of Modern Orthodoxy. Think again. In his book Nahalat Avot, Rabbi Yosef ...

Kudos to Shira Eliassian for introducing the topic of religious feminism in the Sephardic community – a topic seriously under addressed. (Like Shira, I use the word Sephardic to refer to a religious ...

Can’t sleep? Instead of shuffling to the freezer, you could be getting a jump start on your prayers. That is, if you happen to live near a Sephardic community that still practices the tradition of ...

RABBI JOSHUA MAROOF (Magen David Sephardic Congregation in Rockville, Maryland): Selichot literally means prayers for forgiveness and this tradition is a very ancient one it goes back at least a ...

What do students learn about Sephardi and Mizrahi artists? What melodies are used in prayer? How are holiday programs structured? Pew Research Center’s study of Jewish Americans in 2020 reports that ...

“Why is this Sephardic prayer so deeply embedded in our prayer tradition that we pasted it in the back of our Ashkenazi prayer books?” These are three questions I have found myself asking, as a ...

During the Knesset vote in the first reading of the Draft Law tomorrow, Sephardic rabbis are expected to hold a prayer service on the grave of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef against the law. Ads published in ...