The 10-day Jewish High Holy Days ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, after nightfall on Saturday, Oct. 12. The big ...

The first two days and the last two days are observed as holy days. Jewish 13 Palm Sunday Begins Christian Holy Week, the last week of Lent and the final week before Easter. It refers to the palms ...

Passover is one of the two most important Jewish Holy Days or festivals in the entire year. On the one hand, coming in the spring it celebrates harvest. On the other hand, it commemorates one of ...

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is set to begin this week, and it comes a little later than last year's holiday. The holiday, which also can be spelled Rosh Hashanah, marks the beginning of the ...

Day follows day and year follows year from there to here…. The Jewish calendar is cyclical. Circular. The whole purpose of the calendar is to mark the Jewish Holy Days, beginning with Rosh ...

Ed Karrens: It was the afternoon of October the 6th, the Jewish Holy Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. Jews throughout the world were observing this sacred day of religious commitment; but in Israel ...

we caught up with mum and founder of Your Jewish Life, Karen Cinnamon, about how young children can learn about these holy days. She shares with us her experience of celebrating them with her kids ...

Community is vital in Jewish ritual and tradition, and the High Holidays are no exception, a Judaic studies scholar writes. Shavuot, which was originally an ancient pilgrimage festival ...

In the email, Adela de la Torre noted “the horrific reports of killings and kidnappings following the Hamas attacks on Israel during Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, a major Jewish holy day ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

Passover is one of the two most important Jewish Holy Days or festivals in the entire year. On the one hand, coming in the spring it celebrates harvest. On the other hand, it commemorates one of ...