Dubbed “Our Collective Cry to Rebuild Sanctuary,” the action will feature two hours of Jewish rituals and programming.

This Tisha B’Av, let us mourn wisely, not with passive lament, but with active resolve. The survival of the Third Jewish ...

Explore the significance of Jewish Remembrance in the Jewish calendar, connecting time with loss and celebration.

Amy Neustein, Ph.D. (Sociology) is the author/editor of 16 academic books. Her two books on child-sex abuse are “From Madness ...

Tisha B’Av is the one day on the Jewish calendar when the topic of the unrestrained hatred of other Jews (sinat khinam) should be central; because our sages say that both Jerusalem and the Second ...

The Saddest Day in the Jewish Calendar This Saturday night and Sunday mark “Tisha B’av,” when we mourn the loss of our Temple in Jerusalem. by Dov Fischer August 4, 2022, 11:33 PM ...

That Hebrew calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar cycles. But the Gregorian calendar established by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 defines one year by the time it takes for Earth to ...

The calendars — which sell for $26.95 with a portion of the profits donated to Israel Guide Dog Center — highlight Jewish and Israeli holidays and explain what each one celebrates.

The calendar used most often everywhere else, the Gregorian calendar, is based on a solar cycle and the two calendars don't quite match up. The Hebrew calendar moves forward about 11 days every ...

Beginning at sundown tonight, Jewish people will start a nearly 26-hour fast to atone for their sins. The will also abstain from washing, wearing leather footwear and marital relations.

Thunemann, 52, once lived in an ashram — or spiritual retreat center — and years later tried to start a havurah, or lay-led Jewish community, outside Seattle. But logistics like commuting and ...