To deserve the name Numbers, this week’s sedra contains numbers galore – starting with a count of the adult male population of each of the 12 tribes, with a total of 603,550 men age 20 and up.

Yom HaAtzmaut celebrates a time when the world felt sorry for us. They acknowledged the birth of a Jewish state because they saw a small, vulnerable nation, 600,000 Jews, many of them Holocaust ...

This is Israel’s 77th Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) — just 77 years old, yet carrying millennia of history on its shoulders. While Yom Ha’atzmaut resonates across the Jewish world, in Israel it is ...

Yom Hazikaron reminds us what is at stake. It honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice — not for conquest, not for glory, but for the right of a tiny democracy to exist in peace.

The Irish hip hop band (yes, you heard that right) Kneecap, known for its political views including Irish republicanism, anti-Zionism and overt support for Hamas and Hezbollah, have booked Pier 17 on ...

Rockland residents will mark the yearly international commemoration of Yom HaShoah April 24 at the county courthouse.

For those unfamiliar with the holiday, here are some things to know. What is Yom Kippur and how is it observed? Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is when Jews reflect on sins or wrongdoings ...

When does Yom Kippur start? What to know for holiest day of Jewish calendar Considered the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur is the culmination of a 10-day period of repentance and ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, begins at sundown on Friday. Here's what the Jewish holiday honors and how it is celebrated.

Yom Kippur happens 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. What is Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is when Jews reflect on sins or wrongdoings from the previous year.