Jewish holidays take place in the unique context of the Jewish calendar, which, though mainly lunar, is in fact a hybrid using aspects of both the solar and lunar calendars. In addition to the ...

Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. By ABC News. September 29, 2017, 1:55 PM. 1:06. A shofar, tallis, and prayer book. Getty Images, file photo ...

Hanukkah is nearly upon us. The Jewish holiday runs for a little over a week and usually falls in late November or mid-December. This is what you should know. Hanukkah begins at nightfall on ...

Every year, Passover begins on the 15th day of Nisan, the first month of the Jewish calendar. The celebrations last for seven or eight days, depending on where the holiday is celebrated.

Technically, the holiday is September 21 and 22—the first and second days of the month Tishrei on the Jewish calendar—but in Judaism, the day begins at sundown the prior night.

The first-ever Pawsitively Jewish Calendar features Instagram-famous pups hailing from as far as Israel and Canada celebrating Jewish pride.

The calendar is still in the works, but the creator of the "Nice Jewish Guys" calendar said he started the original back in 2009 and wants to cut out the copycats. "I want to protect that.

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah — the Festival of Lights — is underway. It began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25 and will continue into the beginning of 2025.

Jewish worshipers pray on Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, that commemorates the date in the Jewish calendar on which it is believed the First and Second Temples were destroyed, at the ...

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his kid's head in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 as part of the Kaparot ritual a day before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.