5+ hour, 13+ min ago  (412+ words) People, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in an underground metro station used as a shelter against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Monday, March 2, 2026. Purim'is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1241+ words) Rebecca Weintraub, assistant rabbi of New York City's B'nai Jeshurun congregation, holds her son during a Hannukah party at the synagogue on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Rabbi Laura Geller recalls how of the 30 people in her class at Hebrew Union College, she…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (898+ words) A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (806+ words) The Jewish holiday lasts for eight nights, usually falling in December. Hanukkah " also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew " is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (848+ words) The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation site where, according to the institution, a city wall from the Hasmonean period, dating to the late 2nd century BCE, was uncovered…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (466+ words) Yom Kippur is the most important day of the year for the Jewish faith and ends the 10-day period of repentance and reflection known as the "High Holidays," which began with Rosh Hashanah. But what is Yom Kippur and how…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (518+ words) The two-day holiday known as Rosh Hashanah kicks off the beginning of the Jewish "High Holidays," a ten-day period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (890+ words) A Temple University student was suspended after an antisemitic sign was on display at Barstool Sansom Street in Center City. The company's owner, Dave Portnoy, is demanding answers. A Temple University student has been suspended after an antisemitic sign at…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (721+ words) The Jewish holiday, which begins at sunset on Saturday, April 12 this year, lasts for seven or eight days each year. Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites…...