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Google Calendar has irked some users after dropping a host of events from its holiday list, including Pride Month, Black History Month and Jewish Heritage.
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 the monthly cycle of the moon.
Hanukkah changes every year but 2024's Jewish festival coincides with Christmas, starting at sunset on December 25 and continuing for eight nights.
Passover began on April 12 and will continue through the upcoming weekend. Passover is a Jewish holiday during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It usually falls on a day in March or ...
Rosh Hashanah, meaning "head of the year" in Hebrew, is the celebration of the Jewish New Year. It’s commemorated with prayers, food and gatherings.
This year in the Jewish Calendar, 5783, is not one of the years when we add a leap month. But in 2024, in the Jewish year 5784, we will add a second month of Adar.
Ensuring that Nissan remains in spring forms the backbone of the entire intricate Jewish calendar, including the leap year. 2. It is the first month of the Jewish calendar.
Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Jewish New Year, is one of Judaism’s holiest days. It begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.
The holiest time of year on the Jewish calendar begins Wednesday at sundown. Its kicked off with the two-day holiday Rosh Hashanah, which marks the Jewish New Year. The days between Rosh Hashanah ...
As the Jewish year comes to a close, The Jerusalem Post took a deeper dive into the digital world, uncovering who and what Israelis, Jews, and the rest of the world were most interested in over ...
June 1 is the beginning of Pride Month — here are nine ways the New York Jewish community is celebrating.
On this day, we commemorate and mourn the tragedies of our history. This year, it no longer feels like history.