PJ Library families in Louisville, Boulder County, met up at heritage Park as part of the first ever PJ Library Global ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

Institutions transfer works and artifacts into safekeeping, after taking similar precautions following Oct. 7 and during previous Iranian attack The post Iranian missiles force museums to move ...

Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks,” has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven weeks (49 days) from the holiday of Passover, with Shavuot falling ...

We often group Jewish holidays in pairs – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, or Passover and Shavuot. It is interesting that we number the days between these two pairs of holidays to connect them. For ...

In one video, apparently of the attack, a shirtless man holding clear bottles in his hands is seen pacing as the grass in front of him burns.

That’s why embracing Shavuot isn’t a matter of being religious, and it’s certainly not about cheese. It’s about understanding who we are and the elements that shape our unique identity.

Without Shavuot, in other words, Passover is an incomplete holiday. While commonly known as the holiday that commemorates receiving the Torah more than 3,300 years ago, it’s more than that.

On the holiday of Shavuot, we celebrate the giving of the Torah, which tradition teaches us occurred on this day – 50 days after the first Pesach in Mitzrayim. However, the Torah doesn’t ...

Celebrate Shavuot with homemade cheese blintzes! Filled with creamy farmer’s cheese and topped with a tangy blueberry sauce ...

Nevertheless, Shavuot is considered one of Judaism’s main holidays and was in fact a “pilgrimage” when all of Israel would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate in the Temple in Jerusalem.

Shavuot, which means "weeks" in Hebrew, is probably the most important Jewish holiday non-Jews have never heard of, commemorating the single most important event in Israel's history.