This assembly focuses on Judaism; Shabbat; celebrating world religions and the Ten Commandments. Includes a song / reflection / prayer. Suitable for Collective Worship. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

Kabbalah Shabbat is a celebration of beauty. It’s many other things as well, of course. It’s the introductory service that ushers in Shabbat and so it marks the beginning of that paradoxical day that ...

After nearly two months of relentless media coverage and mounting pressure, Café Basimta abruptly reversed course and closed ...

This year, as Passover begins at the close of Shabbat, the lights of Shabbat and Passover flow into each other as we commemorate our becoming a people. This Shabbat before Passover is called Shabbat ...

Two elements that are the essence of Shabbat. In the Torah it is written, “On the seventh day God finished the work… and ceased from all the work … and God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy ...

“On Shabbat, we do not escape either the state or the sense of need. That would deny our creaturely humanity. We do, however, reorient our needs.” Many Jews have turned to prayer during the ...

Working in a chicken wing joint in Tel Aviv, fresh out of the army, I was invited by a friend to Shabbat dinner at her place with a few of her friends. Upon hearing that I had studied journalism ...

Modern Jewish thinkers explore new dimensions of what Shabbat observance can mean. For the deed to be effective, it must not remain that of an individual but must become that of a community. Even the ...

We read in our Parasha (23:1-4), that:’Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying:’Speak to Bnei Israel and say to them: אלה מועדי ה׳: These are My appointed festivals that you are to designate as holy ...

NGO report assesses weekend activity options in 53 non-ultra-orthodox municipalities. What are the different Shabbat and weekend activities like in various cities across the country? A new annual ...

The WeWork co-founder described a decade of Shabbat observance and persuaded Steven Bartlett to try a day without screens.

Owners of Cafe Basimta, an official project of Jews for Jesus, say months-long 'friction' is contrary to their faith; local politician calls decision a win for 'terrorism' The post Jerusalem cafe ...