The dual Jewish calendar reminds us that when all seems lost, sometimes God will step in, and sometimes man will step up. And ...

Emor tells us: “From the day on which you bring the sheaf of elevation offering — the day after the Sabbath — you shall count ...

Jewish families commemorated Lag B'Omer, which marks the end of an ancient plague and heeds Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's call ...

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is an institution in Philadelphia Jewry, but its aims are higher than just meeting the needs of locals. In May, the Weitzman staff will resume a ...

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a state ceremony at Yad Vashem marking Holocaust Remembrance Day last year. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90) The Jewish calendar, like Jewish life ...

It is a Spring festival that begins on the 15th day of Nisan, the first month of the Jewish calendar. The celebrations last for seven or eight days, depending on where you live. In 2025 Passover ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar months that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department.

The Old Farmer's Almanac explains that Easter Sunday changes dates each year because it depends on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. While Easter Sunday can happen anywhere between March 22 ...

The Old Farmer's Almanac explains that Easter Sunday changes dates each year because it depends on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. While Easter Sunday can happen anywhere between March 22 and ...