Thirty people gathered in an Edgewood back yard Sunday to mark the reopening of a communal mikvah, which allows observant Jews to perform religious obligations. The mikvah underwent renovations from ...

Upgrading mikvehs into sumptuous spa-like environments is the new wave these days, and the recently opened ritual bath on the Upper East Side and one being planned for the Upper West Side in the fall ...

More than 3,000 years ago Jewish men and women went to mikvahs and immersed themselves in collected rain water - a ceremony they did to be pure for rituals. Today, this rite is mandated only for women ...

Once a month, Sarah Deitsch takes part in a ritual that creates a one-on-one connection to God and adds a sense of newness to her 20-year marriage. Deitsch immerses herself in the Columbus Community ...

The Facebook group to raise funds for the Mai Shalva Center City Community Mikvah was created on Oct. 19, 2013, but the need for the mikvah long predated the page. Thirty years after the initial plan ...

Submerging oneself in a pool of natural water is a long-standing Jewish tradition, and it's one that is getting a modern twist in Columbus. For the past few years, a board of Jewish community members ...

With group mikvah gatherings over Zoom, the project is testing the waters for what the practice can be. Zuriel Biran, a transgender Black poet from Chicago, read one of his poems: “I reorient myself ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - For the first time in over 50 years, the Charleston Jewish community is getting a new Mikvah. A Mikvah is a pool of water that is used for ritual cleansing and purification ...