In case of abuse, Report this post. The question is often asked as to whether the Jewish calendar is lunar or solar. The correct answer is that it is both. The individual months are determined by ...

Passover began on Saturday and will conclude on Sunday, April 20. The week-long holiday celebrates the liberation of Israelites from Egypt slavery.

On Sept. 11, 2014, at the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George told the audience: “Before I went to the Conclave of the College of Cardinals this past ...

Jewish leaders around the world expressed outrage this weekend after the tomb of Rabbi Chaim Vital, a major figure in Jewish history and mysticism, was desecrated in Damascus, Syria. The Alliance ...

Last week, a coalition of 10 large Jewish groups released an open letter decrying the Trump administration’s approach to antisemitism. Hours later, Eric Fingerhut, the CEO of the Jewish ...

In the past week Jewish community members at Brown, Harvard, Georgetown and more have condemned the Trump administration’s actions on universities. Dozens of rabbis and cantors who graduated ...

That's because the date is based on the lunar calendar. Easter comes on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar ...

51. We live on a Jewish calendar. Even in Tel Aviv, Shabbat feels like Shabbat. 52. Babies and children are celebrated. I have traveled extensively, and other than El Al I have never seen flight ...

Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrating the emancipation ... each year because it depends on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. While Easter Sunday can happen anywhere between March 22 ...

Why Jewish safety and democracy are intertwined How genuine concerns about antisemitism are being hijacked to undermine civil liberties and democratic institutions How to respond during this ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. A group of 108 Jewish faculty and staff at Northwestern University published a statement today defending the school and criticizing the ...