Posts Tagged: Jewish Holidays
Tisha B’Av: Stepping Outside Our Comfort Zones
Tisha B'Av, the Ninth Day of the Month of Av, is the second most important fast day in the Jewish calendar, after Yom Kippur....
Shavuot: An Identity Crisis
Plato's theory of ideas and Aristotle's more empirical approach are the foundations of the Western intellectual tradition. The result of this patrimony has...
Israel Seeking Recognition of Yom Kippur as U.N. Holiday
JNS.org - Israel has launched a campaign to have Yom Kippur recognized as an official holiday on the United Nations calendar. The U.N. officially recognizes...
Jews in the Heart of Valentine’s Day
JNS.org - Is the heart of Valentine's Day thumping to a Jewish beat? Yes, I know that February 14th's murky origins lie in a third-century...
8 Short Thoughts for 8 Chanukah Nights
INSPIRED BY FAITH, WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD Twenty-two centuries ago, when Israel was under the rule of the empire of Alexander the Great, one...
Video of Apple-Tossing Rebbe Becomes Viral Hit (VIDEO)
To mark the conclusion of the Jewish holiday season, certain sects of the Chassidic Jewish community partake in a unique tradition wherein they gather around...
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2013
1. The U.S. covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is always celebrated around Sukkot. According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles Davidson,...
Did Sukkot Shape Thanksgiving?
JNS.org - Did Sukkot help shape America's Thanksgiving? According to one of the foremost experts on American Judaism, Dr. Jonathan Sarna, the biblical holiday did...
Jewish High Holidays Cause Broadway Slump
The Jewish High Holidays aren't high times if you're on Broadway. Ticket sales dropped 10 percent last week to $18.4 million, reported the Broadway League,...
The High Holidays Are a Time to Unplug
Many years ago, while living in New York, I studied with a young, dynamic rabbi who had recently received smicha from Yeshiva University. Still in...
Haifa University Adds Christian, Druze and Muslim Holidays to School Calendar
JNS.org - Haifa University has become Israel's first university to designate important Christian, Druze and Muslim holidays—Christmas, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha—to the school's...
Purim and the Evolution of Judaism
It always amazes me how Judaism has succeeded in evolving (or shall we say, for the sake of political correctness, reinvigorating itself). After all, the Bible...
Israel Study Abroad an Expanding Option for High School Students
ADULLAM PARK, ISRAEL—I sit in a cave near the Madras Ruins just south of Jerusalem, my legs dusty with the powdery chalk of the rock...
A Tribute to My Mother on Her 70th Birthday
I have often wondered why the Bible includes 'Honor your father and mother' among the ten most important moral commandments, right up there with not...
