For many, this past week marked the start of a new year. That’s true for the Jewish community too, though let us create ...

Residents of the 210-unit Gurwin Jewish-Fay J. Lindner Residences in Commack offer life advice to the next generation.

What Jews have lost in the decline of the Catskill hotels is something uniquely valuable: spaces designed for Jewish families ...

Yr-Old Cryptic Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal a Very Advanced 364-Day Solar Calendar Used by Ancient Priests A groundbreaking ...

When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria, an exhibition by New York City photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin paying tribute to ...

and the following year it will fall on Dec. 4." The Jewish calendar was established in the fourth century, and it's not concerned only with Hanukkah. Jewish law requires that Passover take place ...

“Safety for us does not come from hiding. It comes from reaching out.” Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer ...

Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights, is based on the Jewish lunar calendar, which has months that follow the moon's cycles. A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days.

It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar, which sets ...

“Safety for us does not come from hiding. It comes from reaching out.” Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer ...