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 ...

Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days, depending on tradition.

Thousands of Israeli Jews poured into old Jerusalem today to celebrate Shavuot at the Wailing Wall, the holiest of Judaism’s shrines, for the first time in 19 years.

Jewish spiritual leaders throughout the ages warned us time and again that unless we united, we would suffer. However, time ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman honored a volunteer firefighter Wednesday, June 25, for rescuing a sacred Torah scroll ...

Her mission with the Great Nosh Picnic was even bigger. She wanted to create a large-scale celebration of Jewish food and ...

In these turbulent times, when the Middle East is literally on fire with missiles from modern-day Persia and fighter planes ...

A group of senior cyclists rode from Oregon to New Jersey, raising funds for an immigrant family and for Torah repairs ...

The first Britons evacuated out of Israel have landed back in the UK after a "long and intense" journey. The RAF flight ...

The last time I was in Jerusalem was October 7, 2023, when the sirens blared. We spent the holiday frantically running up and ...