Tag: Jewish Holidays
Throughout her career, novelist Charlotte Brontë drew on ‘Book of Esther’
The 19th-century English novelist Charlotte Brontë is best known for her 1847 novel Jane Eyre, which is a staple of many U.S. middle and high school curricula. A new journal article addresses a different side...
The passion of oil
Chanukah, which is coming to an end this week, mainly celebrates the miracle of the oil. Yes, there were other miracles, too, especially the fall of “the mighty into the hands of the weak,...
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,...
Menorah car parades set to light up cities worldwide
Chanukah celebrates light, religious freedom and—a theme less often emphasized—the potential of young people. This year, Jews around the world will take that celebration to the streets more powerfully than ever.
Last December, as Kyiv...
Everything’s better with beignets for Chanukah
It’s tradition! The Jewish holiday of Chanukah means latkes and sufganiyot—lots of them, crisp, hot, and hopefully, not too oily—to help celebrate the victory of Judah Maccabee and his four brothers over the Syrian-Greeks in...
‘I have your back,’ Biden tells US Jews in pre-High Holidays call
In a High Holidays call with rabbis and other clergy, U.S. President Joe Biden discussed his commitment to the security of American Jews and his relationship with Israel, as well as made the highly...
Rabbis to offer sermons on everything from AI to Ukraine on High Holidays
Avraham Bronstein, the rabbi of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., has been feeling throughout the year like there are many large forces shaping the world that are beyond human control—from rising antisemitism...
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...
On eve of Tisha B’Av, Israel’s president speaks of both animosity and unity
As Israel prepared for the start of Tisha B’Av, a 25-hour fast day that commemorates the destruction of the Jewish temples and other historical calamities that have impacted the Jewish people, Israeli President Isaac...
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...