Like many traditional Jewish brides, Dora Piperno wanted to give her future husband a tallit — a Jewish prayer shawl — as a wedding gift. With one difference: She wanted to give him a tallit made of ...

Wearing a tallit, a prayer shawl on Kol Nidre is a confusing ritual. Jews know that we wear a tallit during the day. Why wear one on Kol Nidre, the holiest night of the Jewish calendar? The practical ...

Nelly Wolf of Black Cat Judaica in Peacham Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur How did a Vermonter who grew up atheist come to weave Jewish prayer shawls sold to customers as far away as San Francisco, ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Meanwhile in the proletariat, H&M has a new scarf in its collection that ...

Tzitzit Project tzitzit worn by Chelsea Mandell, Liana Wertman, and Holly Howell (all images courtesy Tzitzit Project unless noted otherwise) Often referred to as tzitzit after the name of the fringes ...

In a video shot by a college student, the man does not identify himself as Jewish while being arrested by police after he got off the Delta Air Lines flight from Washington-DC to Atlanta. (JTA) — A ...

Another girl walks into the store and buys a tallit for the same reason. Once the tallit is wrapped, she starts looking around the store. Yoram asks her if there’s anything else he can help her with.

During our worship service at my recent convention of Reform Rabbis, I noticed many things goings on around me. To my left was a colleague wearing no religious symbols. Behind me was a colleague with ...