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Members of Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham gathered recently for their traditional Friday Shabbat service. But this particular ...

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Prayer shawls, or tallitot, have long been an important part of Jewish ritual tradition. Although the date of their first appearance is unknown, Torah dictates that we wear fringes (tzitzit) on the ...

For more than 30 years, Light has been capturing the essence of people and placing it on their shoulders. Her company Holy Thread Designs creates intricate prayer shawls for men and women with ...

We are used to seeing “I found tefillin” notices regarding a pair of tefillin that were left yesterday morning on a bus. But what about a tallit bag that was lost fifty years ago and was just found?

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Republican candidate Donald Trump’s donning a Jewish prayer shawl on Saturday during a visit to a Detroit black church has left some members of the American Jewish community scratching their heads, ...