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The dual Jewish calendar reminds us that when all seems lost, sometimes God will step in, and sometimes man will step up. And ...
Jewish families commemorated Lag B'Omer, which marks the end of an ancient plague and heeds Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's call ...
For a Zionist and a Jew, Yom Ha’atzmaut is the most important holiday on the Jewish calendar,” Ofir Akunis, the consul ...
AS Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss wraps up his four-year diplomatic post in the Philippines, he leaves with ...
During the Great Patriotic War its residents saved 40 Jewish children who had escaped from the Minsk ghetto from imminent death. All 40 boys and girls survived. Among them is Frida Reizman. Despite ...
The Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer falls in May 2025, and it's one of the most festive days in the Hebrew calendar. If you see a ...
Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, is often described as the saddest day in the Israeli calendar. But perhaps “sad” doesn’t quite capture it. It’s deeper than that. It’s personal ...
The fires interrupted Israel’s annual memorial day for the country’s fallen, one of the most hallowed dates on the national calendar. Television broadcasts of solemn ceremonies in military ...
Now, as we mark Yom HaShoah and move into Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut, this most emotionally fraught of periods in the Israeli calendar is made all the more difficult for many of us by the ...
For example, Jewish students in Israel speak Hebrew, follow the Jewish calendar, and spend most of their time with other Jews. Yet many of them are still looking for a stronger connection to ...
“If I leave an Israeli-made product outside my home ... for a vote on Monday but was abruptly pulled from the House calendar after facing backlash from an unusual alliance: MAGA-aligned critics ...