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Low-cost airline nixes flights, while Israel prepares Ben Gurion Airport to meet increased passenger traffic in coming months ...

Purim is considered one of the most fun, happy and joyous holidays on the Jewish calendar. It is a festival that commemorates the saving of Jewish people living in ancient Persia. “In one word ...

Concerns about prayer rooms at Dawson and Vanier flagged during a government investigation are a red herring reeled in during ...

The Jewish calendar has many inspirational holidays. But what is unclear is how, or even whether, the various holidays of the year integrate together.

The Muslim advocacy group CAIR is calling on Houston ISD to reinstate Eid after the board approved a calendar leaving off the holiday.

Houston ISD’s final proposed draft of the calendar for the 2025-26 academic year does not provide students with a day off for Eid al-Fitr, a significant Muslim holiday that the district began ...

25 Colleges. One University.Office of Student Affairs Religions & Ethnic Holiday Calendar ...

Non-Jewish holidays and Gregorian Calendar dates It is forbidden for a Jew to celebrate the holidays of another religion and it is not appropriate to celebrate civil holidays that were originally ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return during ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Sept. 15, 2023. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, begins Wednesday at sundown. It marks the start of the Jewish High Holidays, a 10-day period ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Like many religious Israeli Jews, Rabbi Reb Mimi Feigelson has been wrestling with her presumptions about God and suffering since Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian terrorists ...