Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22. It’s one of the holiest holidays for Jewish people around the world and translates from Hebrew to ...

The enduring traditions of the High Holiday season take shape across time and place in the latest crop of children’s books about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. This year’s books transport ...

Jewish day camps across South Florida are filling kids’ summers with athletics, creativity and Judaism. Programs like those at Camp Nefesh in Fort Lauderdale and The Mandel JCC’s Camp Shalom in Palm ...

Hanukkah, usually around the same time as Christmas, begins right on Christmas Day this year, making it especially difficult not to compare the two. “Hanukkah is literally not a very important holiday ...

Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year, began at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22. Jews in Iowa and across the world will take part in celebrations over two days that include reciting ...

The early church earnestly considered the question of Gentile observance of Jewish law and customs. Their answer was a firm no. One day a student approached me after class with an urgent question. The ...

The holiday season heralds the arrival of Hanukkah, the eight-day Festival of Lights. Even in the most challenging times, Hanukkah is meant to be celebrated and cheered—in fact, it’s considered a ...

Hanukkah is right around the corner. The Jewish community celebrates this eight-day holiday in December of every year. There is no specific date in which Hanukkah starts every year because the holiday ...