‘There is no king without a people’: The mystic secret of Rosh Hashanah
Nowhere in the Five Books of Moses is the holiday of Rosh Hashanah referred to with this name by which it is commonly known today. The term “Rosh Hashanah” originated in the Talmudic period,...
Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine
Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
Moms for Liberty summit rescheduled to avoid Rosh Hashanah
Moms for Liberty, a parents-rights group and Orthodox Jewish ally that the Southern Poverty Law Center has called a hate group, announced recently that its third annual Joyful Warrior Summit has been rescheduled to Aug. 28-31,...
Engineers inspect Western Wall ahead of High Holidays
As Jews prepare for the High Holidays, engineers on Tuesday began getting the holy site ready for the thousands of visitors expected there.
The engineers, working for the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which administers the...
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...
Jews pray at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square for World Tefillin Day
A Jewish prayer gathering took place at Tel Aviv's Habima Square on Wednesday morning as part of World Tefillin Day.
The event this year coincides with Tu B'av, celebrated in modern Israel as a holiday of love, but with ancient roots, dating back to the Temple period in Jerusalem when it marked the start of the grape harvest.
Ben-Gvir ascends Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Thursday in observance of Tisha B’Av.
The annual fast day commemorates tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, with a focus on the...
Tisha B’Av online series takes viewers to sites of Jewish tragedies
In advance of Tisha B’Av, the World Mizrachi movement has launched new videos in its free online series titled “Kinot on Location.”
Organization representatives based in Israel and around the world provide explanations and insights...
What’s with all the milky food on Shavuot?
I love cheesecake! Who doesn’t? And blintzes too. Shavuot is famous for the traditional dairy foods we enjoy on this lovely chag. It’s only one day in Israel and two in the Diaspora, but on...
Central Shavuot text ‘all about kindness,’ says rabbi who published Arabic book of Ruth
This Shavuot, those interested can follow along during the reading of the book of Ruth and take in quotes like “Your people are my people, and your God is my God” in Arabic. That’s...