Posts Tagged: shavuot Israel
Shavuot, Torah, and Humanity
The rabbis of the first century decided to make Shavuot the anniversary of the Mount Sinai revelation. They added this cerebral, constitutional dimension (nowhere mentioned...
US Ambassador Friedman Helps Make Cheesecakes for Israelis Ahead of Shavuot
JNS.org - US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and his family joined a special online broadcast on Tuesday from Pantry Packers in Jerusalem to commemorate...
‘Your People Will Be My People’: A Shavuot Shout-Out to Ruth’s ‘Daughters’
JNS.org - “You shall love the convert, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” -- Deuteronomy 10:19 There was a moment some 2,500...
Dairy, First Fruits, and More: Welcoming Shavuot With Customs of the Season
JNS.org - I’ve often heard, and many rabbis lament, that Shavuot is the only major Jewish holiday that many Diaspora Jews have never heard of, let...
Shavuot and US-Israel Relations
U.S.-Israel relations have experienced many crises, beginning with the U.S. State Department's opposition to the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, the U.S. State...
Rolling Stones Tel Aviv Concert Changed to Start After Shavuot Ends
JNS.org - In a victory for observant Jews, the start time of the Rolling Stones June 4 concert in Tel Aviv has been pushed...
New Olim to Celebrate Shavuot in Israel
As the Jewish holiday of Shavuot approached, Nefesh B'Nefesh, which works with Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and the Jewish Agency for Israel, organized a...
