The 50-day time period gives the festival its Greek name, Pentecost, which is also the name for a holy day on the Christian calendar. Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which ...

Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven weeks (49 days) from the holiday of Passover, with Shavuot falling on the ...

The rolling Stop Starving Gaza fast is gaining traction among various JVP chapters around the country. A separate petition, ...

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 every year, following the Gregorian calendar, which is based on the solar year and has 365 days (366 in leap years). Unique nature of the Jewish Lunar ...

When is Shavuot? Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days ...

Hundreds of people gathered at the Pearl Street Mall, music filled the air and people could be seen dancing, smiling, and ...

The 50-day time period gives the festival its Greek name, Pentecost, which is also the name for a holy day on the Christian calendar. Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar ...

David Krasky is a licensed school psychologist who has been working with children, teens, young adults and their families for ...

The Jewish case against inserting blank days is that it would result in shifting the Sabbath day, making it fall on different days of the week each year. “Since the Sabbath is to the Jews a ...