As if on cue, melodic sounds of spring-time songbirds drifted through the windows during a talk by artist Judy Sirota Rosenthal for her presentation of “Art As Prayer, Prayer As Art” at Westville’s ...

When James Webb finished university in his native South Africa, he had credentials in drama and comparative literature. “Well,” he recalls his father telling him, “you could be a televangelist.” ...

A work of art created by David Schmidt, whose exhibit on the IDF was previously featured in the Journal, is a large “meshaberach” prayer for the well-being and the return of the hostages. While it’s ...

CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — “Sometimes, prayer is not only spoken—it is painted.” In a quiet corner of ...

When artist Roslyne ”Ros” Leeb Smith lost her father, she searched for a way to honor his memory that felt deeply Jewish and personal. Smith found healing and purpose through her art. What began as a ...

Some people, many of them Catholic, go to great lengths to learn about meditative and contemplative practices. For most of my life, I was not one of them. Rather, I came upon contemplation ...

I’m writing this on an airplane returning from a short trip during which my husband and I visited a Benedictine abbey in northern Scotland and spent time in Oxford with a close friend who is mortally ...