The Jewish Press web article "New Study Suggests Some Tefillin Boxes Were Not Colored Black 2,000 Years Ago" (June 14) is quite provocative from the standpoint of Jewish law. There exists in some ...

A surprise 60th birthday celebration for Rabbi Baruch Hertz of Chicago drew nearly 90 men to wrap tefillin, inspiring one attendee to commit to the mitzvah every day for a year.

(JTA) — It happens more often than you’d think. Someone mistakenly puts a ring, a wallet or a purse in the trash and assumes it’s gone forever. This week, the New York City Sanitation Department ...

The directive aimed to establish clear, uniform rules and provide school principals with a guided framework to facilitate the policy's implementation throughout the public school system.

Charles Smith tries to recall the last time he participated in the tefillin ritual as the rabbinical student wraps his arm. “It’s been a long time,” Smith says, then recites the corresponding prayer.

“As long as I am the Minister of Transportation, it is permissible and even desirable to have stands offering information on Judaism and Tefillin at the train stations.” לתומי חשבתי שבאתם לשפר את ...

Apparently there’s only room for one black box per airplane. From NY Daily News: A Jewish prayer box worn by a teen passenger caused a Thursday morning furor on a flight from LaGuardia Airport, ...

A Jewish woman was attacked in Beersheba reportedly for having the imprints of tefillin lines visible on her arms. Noa Raz was physically assaulted Tuesday morning by an ultra-Orthodox man in ...

“Putting on tefillin is hot,” says Cindy Seni, one of the contestants on Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking. “Every Jewish woman, I don’t know what it is about tefillin, but we’re obsessed with it.” I don’t ...