I hope that this Adon Olam, composed by Cantor Pinchas Minkowsky (1859-1924) of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa inspires your prayers and actions for peace in Ukraine. Praying for the safety of the Ukrainian people and wishing you a Shabbat Shalom.

I'm running for Congress because we're going backwards on national security, health care, and women's rights. We need to turn our country around.

See Fleet Week 2015 start in New York Harbor with the Parade of Ships Entry on May 20, 2015. See this south west view from the windy hillside of Von Briesen Park in Staten Island.

The first Yahrzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest Jewish poet-songwriters of the 20th century, will be observed on November 7th 2017. As a tribute to his legacy, here is one of his most famous songs, Hallelujah, with the Hebrew lyrics of Psalm 150 which is recite...

We love our traditions. Every year we make a tribute to our culture and our faithful dead. On this occasion we present LA CATRINA, based on the version by Susana Harp with lyrics by Eduardo Langagne

As the Federal Court of Appeals declarers Prop 8 unconstitutional, major advances in Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland are going on. And yet another court has slapped down the National Organization on Marriage's attempts to evade financial disclosure laws.

Immortal Technique, hip-hop artist and political activist, came to support the Occupy Wall Street movement.RT's Marina Portnaya caught up with Immortal Technique to talk about the message behind the movement, the police brutality and media backlash it has caused, US politics, democracy, his new proj...

Alan Turing is most widely known for his critical involvement in the codebreaking at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. But Alan Turing was not just a codebreaker.
Watch this short film and learn how Alan Turing broke codes in both his work and society. Codebreaker is an exhibition develop...

Florida clerks can start issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in January -- but if they do, they could risk arrest and jail time. An anti-gay group in Hawaii is still trying -- and failing -- to stop marriages. And things are still looking bad for the National Organization for Marriage.

Located on a 22-dunam (5.5-acre) parcel of land overlooking the Mediterranean, the Port of Tel Aviv and alongside Tel Aviv’s largest green belt, the World’s Jewish Museum will be a new symbol of the Jewish people. The project will connect Hayarkon Park, the Mediterranean Sea and anchor the Tel Aviv