The monastery overlooks sloping hills of dry central California brush. The nuns’ order was founded in the 12th century; this ...

Orthodox Jewish groups say permanent daylight saving time would delay sunrises and disrupt daily morning prayers.

Parshas Va’eschanan is overflowing with some of the most fundamental concepts and ideas of Judaism, including the repetition of the Ten Commandments, the declaration of the Shema, followed by the ...

As we open Sefer Devarim, we stand at a dramatic turning point. While the previous book, Bamidbar, spanned nearly forty years ...

Worshipers say the annual fast, which commemorates the destruction of the holy temples, is shaped by visions of national ...

There are moments in Jewish life when the words of the Torah seem to reach us with unusual tenderness. Parsha Va’etchanan, read immediately after Tisha B’Av and alongside the first of the seven ...