The Rabbis of the Talmud wrote of the spiritual potency of teshuvah, a genuine return to one’s self, heartfelt repentance. They wrote that teshuvah has the power to transform one’s intentional ...

We don’t know what the impact and the implications are, or will be, when we do teshuvah in a world drowning in evil and ...

If one can’t unwind what’s been warped in the course of a year, then how do we perform teshuvah? If one can’t go home again, then to what place are we meant to return? Mentioned in dozens of ...

Repenting for individual sins seemed too small in the face of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, writes Rabbi Amy Eilberg.

But I’d like to suggest a slightly different way to understand Gd’s return–not as Gd returning from a place of exile, but actually Hashem doing Teshuvah- a radical idea that Gd at this time ...

Today, we are in mourning. We have been in mourning every day for the past year, as each day has brought news of incalculable loss and suffering. Israel’s occupation and escalation of violence in Gaza ...

The holiday ends the 10-day period known as Days of Teshuvah, which is variously translated as repentance, return and change, ...

Shana Tova, my fellow Jews. As Yom Kippur approaches, our thoughts naturally are focused on teshuvah, acknowledging our prior ...

Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, began on evening Oct. 2 and last through the evening on Oct. 4 this year. Here's what ...

The mothers of Hamas' hostages are desperate for a Gaza cease-fire deal: "If you were to put the mothers in the room, this ...

At sundown this Friday, Jews across the world will begin Yom Kippur when they will fast and reflect on wrongdoings from the ...

Yom Kippur. The most important day on the Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur – or the day of atonement – offers the ...