One friend told me last year that she could never afford health insurance and worked full-time until she was 75. She was rarely ill. But since she stopped working, her health has been a challenge. She ...

Elie Wiesel may not have lived to see the latest devastating wave of antisemitism, but he did prepare us to confront it. Let July 2 be the day the world listens—and acts.

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A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days. To keep the lunar and solar years aligned, the Jewish calendar adds a 13th month every few years, creating a “leap year.” ...

The Jewish calendar has many inspirational holidays. But what is unclear is how, or even whether, the various holidays of the year integrate together.

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here's when Easter and Passover are this year and why they fall "late" in ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

Gregorian New Year 1 January 2025 New Year’s Day marks the first day of the Gregorian calendar, something we’ve become fairly familiar with around the world. While 25 March (named after the ...

The Jewish calendar system is very intricate but can be summed up with a few rules, said Rabbi Baruch Fogel, a Judaic studies lecturer at Touro University in Manhattan: "Each month is either 29 or ...

The Jewish calendar system is very intricate but can be summed up with a few rules, said Rabbi Baruch Fogel, a Judaic studies lecturer at Touro University in Manhattan: "Each month is either 29 or ...

Hanukkah this year runs from Dec. 25, 2024, through Jan. 2, 2025. The dates change every year because it's based on the Hebrew calendar.