By Moshe Phillips The duality of Shavuot is undeniable: the yom tov exists, or rather coexists, with distinctly different facets. On the one hand is...

The commandment to count 49 days between Passover and Shavuot has inspired generations of artists. By: Sarah Ogince Tobi Kahn grasps an asymmetric block of wood...

Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) When far-right extremists attacked synagogues in Pittsburgh in 2018 and Poway, Calif., in 2019 with deadly results, these incidents generated the...

Bookshelves were often the only Jewish signs in those homes, and even hateful books were useful, according to Reed College professor Marat Grinberg. By: Menachem...

A rich overview of the many customs that surround this special day By: Boruch Altein Lag BaOmer is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrated...

All the Jewish Aspects to the Historic Coronation of Kings Charles III Edited by: TJVNews.com As the world gears up to catch history in the making...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin There is an amazing story in the Midrash about Rabbi Tarfon, who besides being a great Torah scholar, was very...

Amelia Katzen (JNS) Among all the tales of heroism and death during the Holocaust, how many of us are aware of the rescue of nearly...

Everything at a Tel Aviv home had been locally produced—fruits, vegetables, cheeses, the full-bodied olive oil and the wine. By: Ethel G. Hofman Phyllis Glazer made...

By:  Menachem Posner 1. The Omer Count Is 49 Days Long The Omer Count is an annual mitzvah. Every day, for seven weeks (49 days),...

42nd study cycle concluded April 22, with major celebrations also taking place on Lag BaOmer By: Mendel Super On Shabbat, April 22 (1 Iyar), Jews around...

( Israel Hayom) Among the many fallen that we are going to honor this week, the image of Yonatan Boyden is on my mind. Yonatan...

Samantha Baskind (JNS) Eighty years ago, Jews imprisoned in the sealed, overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto rebelled against their Nazi persecutors. Stubbornly clinging to a desire to...

By Rabbi Ari Enkin, Rabbinic Director, United with Israel Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, occurs on the 27th of the Hebrew month...

By Associated Press and World Israel News Staff Presidents and Holocaust survivors and their descendants commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on...

Museums, archives of testimonies and educational efforts preserved the survivors’ legacy. Still, that won’t counter contemporary anti-Semitic hatred and disinformation. By: Jonathan S. Tobin In the...