On a recent three-hour flight—which turned into a 12-hour layover nightmare—I happened to be reading a new book by Heidi Smith, The Uncommon Book of Prayer: A Guide to Co-Creating With the ...

“Ana b’Koach” is a powerful prayer written in the first century, and since then it has been recited at the beginning of phases of prayers that reflect an ascent in holiness. Some of the ...

May this new Jewish year bring us closer to that future. Davidson is the senior rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York.

Starting the day in prayer together as a new year begins. “We want to start our year, almost like a tithe (of time) of the year,” said Scott Ferguson, lead pastor at Harvest, “(and say to ...

Each year at this season Jews mark the start of a new year on the lunar Hebrew calendar. It’s a happy, hopeful time. The custom is to eat apples and honey as a symbol of wishes for a sweet year.

Year after year ... We hope that this companion will offer you new ways to experience the traditional prayers, and that its writings will shower with you support, love, and inspiration as you ...

President Joe Biden arrived in New Orleans on Monday afternoon. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended a somber prayer service in New Orleans on Monday for families of victims and ...

This year, the National Day of Prayer may feel ... starting with the Continental Congress calling days of prayer in 1775 for a then-new nation. At the height of the Civil War, in 1863, Abraham ...