For students venturing off-campus, program offers free High Holiday services
Working with Synagogue Connect, Alpha Epsilon Pi—the world’s leading Jewish college fraternity—has established an online system to match college students from around the world looking for a congregation at which to spend the Jewish...
Finding meaning this Chanukah season
This year, unlike many others, it seems like a challenge to embrace the spirit of Chanukah. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, worry about hostages still left in Gaza, and most palpably, here...
Remains of the day: Cheese, in all its glorious forms
According to tradition, Shavuot—the two-day holiday that begins on the eve of the evening of May 25, the sixth day of the Jewish month of Sivan—marks the Israelites’ receiving of the Ten Commandments at...
How Christmas Transformed Hanukkah in America
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory, in 164 BCE of armed Jewish rebels led by Judah the Maccabee over the army of the Syrian despot Antiochus IV. Against all odds, the courageous, resourceful,...
Cheesecake, dairy, coffee and the evolution of a holiday
As the story goes, in 1929, New York restauranteur Arnold Reuben sampled a “cheese pie” at a party and asked for the recipe. He proceeded to modify it, substituting cream cheese for cottage cheese...
Bulgaria: President Radev takes part in Hannukah ceremony at Sofia Synagogue
The President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Roumen Radev, and other politicians joined the Jewish congregation of Sofia for its Hannukah celebration at the Central Synagogue on Sunday evening. As a relatively new President,...
Baking matzah in the Gulf
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) announced Sunday that it will bring matzah-making to several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ahead of Passover, which begins on Friday, April 15.
Additionally, the AGJC, the umbrella...
Gandhi letter wishing Jews ‘era of peace’ ahead of Rosh Hashanah found at National...
An 80-year-old handwritten letter Mahatma Gandhi wrote to a local Indian Jewish official ahead of the Jewish New Year and at the start of World War II was published online Tuesday for the first time ever.
In...
The search for success
Chanukah, the beautiful "Festival of Lights," begins on Dec. 7. Everyone knows the story: The Maccabees defeated the mighty Greek armies and reconquered Jerusalem. When they wanted to kindle the Menorah in the Temple,...