Posts Tagged: Jewish holiday
Australia Police Say Father-Son Duo Allegedly Behind Sydney Mass Shooting
Australian police said on Monday that the alleged offenders behind the attack at Sydney's Bondi beach were a father and son duo, and that they...
Five Wounded, Two Critical After Stabbing Attack on Jewish Worshipers at Hanukkah Celebration in New York
An attacker stabbed five people late on Saturday at a Hasidic rabbi's home in New York state and fled before apparently being arrested, a Jewish...
UK Prime Minister Johnson Vows to Expand Efforts to Confront Britain’s Antisemitism Problem
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, recently acknowledged the rise in antisemitic attacks within his country and vowed to take additional steps...
Start-Up Nation Meets Shavuot: Israel’s Efficient, High-Tech Dairy Industry
JNS.org - Self-driving cars. Drip irrigation. Missile defense. Milk? Amid all the buzz around Israel’s “start-up nation,” including Intel’s $15 billion acquisition of Mobileye in April, a lesser-known...
Fear of Inter-Religious Tension as Jewish and Muslim High Holidays Coincide This Year
The Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur and the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha are set to fall this year on the same Gregorian (or...
Thousands Descend Upon Israeli President Peres’s Residence to Revel in Sukkah (VIDEO)
Citizens from all over Israel joined President Shimon Peres at his residence's official Sukkah on Tuesday morning. Thousands of people began lining up outside...
A New Purpose for the Lulav and Etrog
JNS.org - Another High Holidays season is upon us, which means Sukkot is right around the corner. In no time you'll be ordering your annual...
The Cantor’s Perspective: Preparation is Necessary for Meaningful High Holiday Prayer (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - LOS ANGELES—The holiest days on the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are largely spent in synagogue. Yet prayer isn't...
Mother’s Day: Celebrating the Insanity That is Parenthood
J.D. Salinger wrote in The Catcher in the Rye, "Mothers are all slightly insane." This is, of course, not what you want to hear on Mother's...
Yair Lapid and The Elections in Israel
I am pleasantly surprised by the results of the latest elections in Israel. Not because anything has significantly changed, but precisely because, other than superficially,...
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed 2012
1. Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday which commemorates a Land of Israel national liberation struggle, unlike Passover (the Exodus from Egypt), Sukkot/Tabernacles & Shavouot/Pentacost...
Christians Show Love of Israel in Jerusalem Streets
There was love in the air of Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. Marching through the streets of Jerusalem, approximately 6,000 Christian friends of Israel made their...
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed
1. The US covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is celebrated around Sukkot (October 8). According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles...
NYC: Pre-Shavuot Clamp Down on Illegal Flower Trade
As Shavuot approaches - the Jewish holiday that emphasizes flowers in places of worship and in homes - the New York Police Department has made...
