All of this is an antidote to antisemitism,” says Emily August, chief public engagement officer for the Weitzman National ...

Sukkot celebrates the harvest in Israel. It is tradition to take four kinds of vegetation, and wave them together, ...

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a state ceremony at Yad Vashem marking Holocaust Remembrance Day last year. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90) The Jewish calendar, like Jewish life ...

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.

My brothers and I are the first Jewish students to ever study at the bilingual German International School New York.

The division makes it possible to read all five books each year. While the secular calendar, based on the sun, contains 52 weeks of 365 and a quarter days, the Jewish calendar, based on the moon ...

Rooted in Jewish values, new abortion fund anchored by compassion and inclusion marks a year of impact in the fight for reproductive freedom ...

As the Jewish state turns 77 on Independence Day, olim from across the country give 77 reasons why life in Israel is better.

Like Easter, Passover dates vary from year to year, but they commemorate ... year because it depends on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. While Easter Sunday can happen anywhere between ...

According to the Almanac, Easter Sunday changes every year because it is fixed to a solar calendar and based on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. It always occurs on the first Sunday after ...

Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again! The Edlavitch DCJCC’s, JxJ, our region’s leading Jewish film and music cultural ...