10 calamities that took place on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av
Judaism is mainly a religion of rejoicing and, but occasionally there are sad days too. Monday night sees the start of the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, known in Hebrew as Tisha B'Av...
What is Tisha B’Av?
Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (Jul. 31 - Aug. 1, 2017), is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which we fast, deprive ourselves and pray. It is the culmination...
Tisha Be’Av: A Failed Holiday?
The year 403 BCE was momentous for the city-state of Athens. In the previous years, a bloody civil war had devastated the city and caused it to fall under the yoke of its arch-rival,...
The Duality of Jewish Time
Time plays an enormous role in Judaism. The first thing that God declared holy was a day — Shabbat — at the conclusion of creation. The first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a...
Lag Baomer
Saludes a todos los oyentes de la emisyon Muestra lingua, la emisyon en djudeo-espanyol fundada por el profesor Haïm-Vidal Sephiha i prezentada agora por vuestro servidor Edmond Cohen, kon Philippe en la kabina.
Por empesar,...
Israël célèbre le 69ème anniversaire de la création de l’Etat d’Israël
Comme chaque année et ceci depuis des décennies, nous venons nous réjouir aux côtés du peuple Juif, dans Sa célébration de l’évènement, que nous considérons comme le plus important du monde, « Le retour...
Israel Commemorates 23,544 Fallen IDF Soldiers, 3,117 Terror Victims
Israel came to a standstill on Sunday night to mark Yom Hazikaron, national Memorial Day, and to commemorate the 23,544 fallen IDF soldiers and 3,117 victims of terrorist attacks who have died over the...
A Guide to Yom Ha’atzmaut
On the 14th of May in 1948, a man named David Ben-Gurion, soon to be Prime Minister, established the State of Israel, rebuilding the homeland of the Jews—a people who which had been exiled...
Mimouna: A Post-Passover Celebration
Though originating and celebrated widely in the Sephardic community (Jews of Mediterranean background), a small number of North American Ashkenazi Jews (those of Eastern European background) have started celebrating this festival in recent years.
Theories...
SAVAGE: Finding out I’m not Jewish: reflections on cultural identity
This bit of news is only funny because for most of my life I believed, with good reason, that I was a Jew.
It’s a story, but we have time.
My father left home when he...