As Advent begins on November 30, 2025, we explore the rich history and symbolism behind this Christian season of preparation ...

Laura Wright explores the meaning of joy in the Advent season and joins Christians in Bedford for an impromptu carol ...

The pursuit of happiness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Joy is more enduring than simply getting something we want. All human beings want happiness. But we’re often hard-pressed to define this ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — In 3 1/2 all-too-brief years, I’ll be sitting in a synagogue pew watching my oldest son become a bar mitzvah. This milestone event will mean several things. It will mean that my ...

These religious Christmas quotes and sayings are great for those who want to be reminded of the reason behind the holiday. They are full of sentiment and joy.

The Wisdom Divas, my girl group, has decided to write “joy journals,” the kind of thing you did when you were 13 years old which we’re not, and the kind of thing you forget about after 13 when you ...

Or do those things make it all the more important to find and hold on to joy, jubilation, etc., whenever and wherever we can?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I report on the fight for transgender equality and other LGBTQ issues. The Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards, inaugurated in 1950, is ...

The recent NY Times article on the newly released PEW findings on Jewish continuity paints a bleak future for American Jewry. The study, among other findings, reported that nearly six in ten Jewish ...

Apart from writing as many songs as is humanly possible, Jeff Tweedy seems as though he’s on a mission to spread the joy of creativity. Because making stuff is how Tweedy finds peace.