As spring approaches so does Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter Sunday. Here's when all three happen and where you can find ...

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 ...

2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, the sixth animal on the 12-year cycle. The snake is meant to symbolize wisdom, growth and ...

This year, it no longer feels like history. There’s a long-running debate among observant Jews about whether it is appropriate, in Jewish law, to establish days of mourning and fasting to ...

Opponents of the Gregorian Calendar Date On the other hand ... so that they can celebrate the beginning of the Gregorian year with Jewish friends, and not be tempted to celebrate with non-Jews ...

Bernstein asked in the first of a number of essays on the Jewish calendar in a year of war. Rabbi Mikie Goldstein asked a similar question in “How can I celebrate Israel’s Independence Day ...

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia As the end of the calendar year approaches, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Jewish Community Foundation wants to remind... By Jewish ...