Purim, Adar, celebration and happiness!
In the United States and worldwide, Purim begins on the evening of Monday, March 9, and continues through the day of Tuesday, March 10. (Shushan Purim, celebrated in walled cities like Jerusalem, starts a...
Groups work to enable young Jews to join, host in-person Passover seders
OneTable and Haggadot.com are partnering this year for Passover to enable Jewish young adults to create, host and participate in meaningful in-person seders with peers.
“The traditional message of Passover is about freedom,” says Tirtzah...
Post-Passover seder Shabbat dinner: Make it light and easy
The Passover seders fall midweek this year: the first one on Wednesday, April 5, and the second on Thursday, April 6. Most of us go out of our way to prepare substantial festive meals...
Shopping for shofars, finding something larger
The last neighborhood Judaica store in Manhattan is ready for the High Holidays.
Long, twisted Kudu shofars—made from the horns of the African antelope—hang dramatically from the ceiling. But small rams’ horns are still the...
Historic menorah-lighting at US Capitol by leaders of Senate and House
In a historic first, the congressional leadership on both sides of the aisle joined on Tuesday, the sixth night of Chanukah, for the inaugural lighting of the U.S. Capitol Menorah.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)...
Israel Welfare ministry invites seniors, Holocaust survivors for free holiday hospitality
The Israeli government is working to ensure that no senior citizen or Holocaust survivor enter the upcoming holiday season alone, opening up a hotline for eligible participants to receive free holiday accommodations and inclusion...
Postcard discovered of David Ben-Gurion writing, ‘State of Israel has been born!’
A postcard written and signed by Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, just one day after officially declaring the State of Israel’s independence, was recently discovered. Dated on the sixth day of the Hebrew...
Happy Hanukkah from Trump and Johnson
Politicians across the globe have been issuing holiday greetings in public statements and on social media. It’s a standard practice every December, particularly when Hanukkah and Christmas actually coincide, as they do now.
This year...
Is a Yom Kippur-Christmas comparison naughty or nice?
“It’s said that during this time , the Book of Life is open and it’s decided who will live and who will die this year,” writes blogger Derek Powazek, whose posts focus on being...
Free eBook on Purim & Zionism Now Available
Herut North America, a leading American Zionist grassroots movement, has developed an inspirational new anthology for the Purim holiday that is offered for free upon request. This new eBook is comprised of various articles...