Seeing Bob Dylan at a prayer service isn’t all that rare. Hearing a Bob Marley tune played on guitar while a minyan sings the Shema prayer is. Marley and Dylan tunes are just as likely to be part of ...

We have entered a new phase of Jewish history in which cyberspace has become the place to nurture our spiritual lives. Previous generations lived through the Black Plague, cholera and more. Ours is ...

One of the greatest challenges of educators is how to teach davening to our children? How do we infuse respect and appreciation into the daily prayers? Many of our children are turned off by davening.

When I was a kid in yeshiva, we played a game during davening (prayer services) called siddur (prayer book) baseball. We mostly played this at Orthodox summer camp during Shabbat services — because it ...

It all started on a school trip to Toronto. I’d started davening every morning since the summer and I wanted to continue this on my school trip. As I contemplated how to explain davening to my ...