But every May, Jewish American Heritage Month invites people of all faiths and observance levels to celebrate in a different way. The holiday is all about acknowledging and celebrating the ...

High Holy Days: A term often used to describe the holidays falling during the Hebrew month of Tishrei (often overlapping with September and October), the High Holy Days/Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, ...

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(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS) The Hebrew month of Shvat is when nature in the Land of Israel awakens from its winter slumber. It may still be cold and wet outside, but the trees sense the ...

(JTA) — This past week we entered the Hebrew month of Kislev, the month here in the Northern Hemisphere when we often experience the longest, darkest nights of the year. As the light contracts ...

Our days in Shushan have ended for this year, yet there is a way of staying here a bit longer because Purim is in the month of Adar. Our rabbis stated: “ Mi-shenikhnas Adar marbim b’simcha; when Adar ...