On Shavuot, savor the dairy, but don’t forget the grains
Historically, Shavuot is the celebration of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Sinai more than 3,300 years ago. It begins seven weeks after the first day of Passover. Agriculturally, it...
It’s Shavuot, get a little cheesy
It’s that time of year again when cheesecakes galore are popping up all over the place. To be honest, I’m not the biggest fan, but this recipe is one even I enjoy. The actual...
Eight days, countless ways to celebrate Hanukkah
You’d be hard pressed to find a Hanukkah entertainer with as unlikely a background as Jane McNally.
McNally, 72, will be the one-woman show at the Jack Satter House, the Hebrew SeniorLife independent living residence...
Study of American, Israeli Jews shows differences in Hanukkah observance
A new study reveals that Hanukkah holds different levels of importance to Israeli Jews than American Jews, and highlights disparities in participation between Jews in the two countries.
According to the newest Jewish People Policy...
Group of 220 new immigrants from Ukraine arrive before Israel Independence Day
Just a few days before Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut)—despite the fact that more than 600 rockets were fired at Israel over the weekend by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip—220 Jews...
An Independence Day tour of Israel
Just 71 years ago, Israel declared its independence based on several factors:
*God promised the Land of Israel to the Jews in the Bible – echoed in the Christian Bible and even (gasp!) in the...
JDC deploys digital Passover resources to connect global Jewish communities
To connect the global Jewish community for its first Passover in the age of social distancing, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, is deploying special online and digital holiday tools to help...
Rosh Hashanah ‘Guide for the Perplexed’
The evening of Mpnday Sept. 6, 2021 will launch the 5782nd Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah).
Annual reminder
The Hebrew word rosh (ראש) means “head/beginning” and hashanah (השנה) means “the year.”
The root of the Hebrew word shanah is both “repeat” and “change.”...
Lapid to King Abdullah: Israel committed to halting terrorism ahead of High Holidays
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid met with Jordanian King Abdullah II on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
Lapid expressed the need for “calming the situation on the ground and halting...
Netanyahu lights first Chanukah candle at Western Wall
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, lit the first Chanukah candle on Thursday evening at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Below is the text of his address:
“We are here by the remnant...