The American Jewish community needs a new Thanksgiving story — one rooted not in fear, but in clarity. Gratitude is deeply ...

On 11/27/24, erev Thanksgiving 2024, I wondered whether Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and the Rov, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, were ...

So the Jews of America, who helped found the country, decided that the in-between holiday of Thanksgiving, held on the last ...

Many Americans are rejecting the complexity of Jewish identity, but we are a people who struggle, build families, endure ...

This year, being able to thrive despite the rising hate of our enemies may be the single greatest thing to be thankful for.

A plan broached by then US Sec. of State Ickles on Thanksgiving in 1938 offered a chance at life for Europe’s Jews by ...

The spiritual link between Jewish Exodus story and American founding shaped the nation's moral foundation, with gratitude ...

In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important ...

Ancient Jews held large communal meals, inviting friends, relatives and perhaps even strangers to fulfill the thank offering.

A rabbi explains how his congregation made Indigenous history part of its spiritual life.

The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ feast narrowed conceptions of who belongs in America, excluding groups like Native Americans, ...

Thanksgiving has no liturgy and no prescribed theology. That is its gift. For Jews, it is one of the few American holidays that feels not only permissible but genuinely resonant. Like Independence Day ...