In her mind, those horrible events were supplanted by the establishment of a Jewish homeland. And she celebrated Israel’s creation with an outpouring of devotion. Until recently, as Tishah B’Av ...

When a Jew in the Diaspora feels an inner alienation from his Gentile surroundings in a Gentile land, this inner awareness ...

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Jewish Community Relations Council President Jason Holtzman spoke on a panel ...

Spiritually, “between the straits” remains ever applicable. For anyone experiencing deep distress, mourning or despair, it ...

According to Steve Rubin, director of Tourism in the Jerusalem Development Authority, Jerusalem is the capital and most populous city in Israel as well as being holy to Judaism, Christianity and Islam ...

In this video I talk about the different calendars that exist throughout the world. I explain how, in general, calendars are categorized as either being Solar, Lunar, or Lunisolar; with the first ...

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party has announced plans to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government. The ...

The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle for recognition in the Jewish state, as more than 100 members seem to have ...

Passover began on Saturday and will conclude on Sunday, April 20. The week-long holiday celebrates the liberation of Israelites from Egypt slavery.

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar months that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department. When is ...

Exactly one year on the Hebrew calendar after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, communities grapple with a seemingly irreconcilable commemoration ...

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