Several former hostages and family members of remaining hostages joined a “selichot” prayer event at the Western Wall ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Monday at sunset, ...

The Hebrew month of Elul began on Wednesday, and this year, there will be 17 central prayer assemblies for the Israeli public to say Selichot, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced in a press ...

Eighty-three years after the Jews of Yemen were expelled from their homes, a moving event took place in the old synagogue in Jerusalem's Kgfar Hateimanim-Kfar Hashiloach neighborhood. At the event, ...

The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that are developing Jewish life in the region, ...

A prominent feature of the current Days of Awe is the recitation of Selichot in the early, predawn days of the morning. Ashkenazi Jews began Selichot services on the Saturday night preceding Rosh ...